No surprise on that right turn on red problem for anyone who's old enough to remember walking in cities before and since RTOR was widely adopted. Busy intersections may be the most dangerous place for pedestrians. It's often safer to "jaywalk" (a pejorative term concocted by pro-automobile, anti-pedestrian propagandists decades ago).

A better option to encourage pedestrians -- particularly older and/or disabled folks on canes, walkers and wheelchairs -- to cross safely would be to locate on-demand, quick response light crosswalks that are nowhere near intersections. No excuses for drivers looking anywhere but straight ahead with their attention on the pedestrian crossing signal. Unfortunately the very few places I can think of where these are used are in school zones.

Good start, but not enough. And RTOR should be eliminated in some busy urban areas where cities are developing pedestrian and cycle friendly infrastructure.

However it would be difficult to change the behaviors of drivers who've become widely accustomed to turning right on red, regardless of whether it's actually permitted. Some of our intersections permit left turn on red at all-one-way intersections. Some don't. I've seen drivers honking impatiently at drivers who stop and wait in the left lane at red lights where no left turn on red is permitted. I've *been* honked at while taking the leftmost lane on a bike and waiting for the green light where no left on red is permitted -- but it's safer to take the lane than hug the curb. So there's a tendency to elevate expectations to the point that stop lights serve no purpose in turn lanes.