This has nothing to do with no turn on red. Plenty of lights have been changed so that when the right crosswalk has a walk sign, I have a green light to turn but yield to pedestrian. On busy streets (intersection between memorial drive and n Harvard st comes to mind), you’re basically being put in danger by the city who’s decides cars should time their way through pedestrians or not get through the light as only one person usually does along with holding up people behind them who want to go straight… this is instead of just giving cars a full green and THEN give pedestrians the walk. It used to be like that and then they changed it to the current stupid timing.

There’s examples of TONS of this across Cambridge along with no turn on red signs put up for literally no reason. I’ve seen so many intersections with these signs and there’s never a reason why. Not a blind corner, not a protected bike lane on the right, plenty of opportunity from other lights to allow drivers to turn right safely, etc. The people coming up with this are just stupid. So many nonsensical intersections in this city.