Easy wins for pedestrians

I feel like the city has some easy wins available to it if it implements more pedestrian friendly crossing points at existing crosswalks. All that would be required is retiming of the robots to allow pedestrians enough time to cross the road safely while the green man is showing, after they have pressed the button to allow them to do so. Currently, lots of traffic lights do not allow sufficient time for pedestrians to get across the road, or, more frequently the pedestrian crossing triggers even if there are no pedestrians waiting to cross, which frustrates drivers, and in particular taxis are more likely to simply drive through the red lights if the pedestrian crossing is not being used. This is dangerous because a pedestrian might see that the green man is showing and rush to cross the road. If the way that pedestrian crossings was standardized throughout the city so that all robots would not give pedestrian crossing signals until the pedestrian button is pressed, and when pressed the robots stop all traffic for sufficient time for the pedestrians to safely get across the road, then the flow of traffic would be greatly improved. There would need to be a public information campaign to tell pedestrians to cross only when the robots indicate that it is safe to do so, and drivers would need to also obey this direction from the robots. The driver education campaign could also emphasize that pedestrians have right of way at zebra crossings, and that cars should stop to let pedestrians cross safely at these points. If this is adhered to it will also stop pedestrians from crossing randomly at unmarked parts of the road because they will feel like they have a safe and easy place to do so. Crossing wardens could be present at high density areas initially to ensure that everyone knows what to do. If pedestrians feel like they are safe and have a right to be on the roads then they are more likely to walk short distances, and if drivers feel that pedestrians are not blocking them or impeding the flow of traffic then they are also more likely to behave in a way that does not put pedestrians at risk.