[sigwinch28]

>waiting for 2 different lights just to get to the opposite corner.

A solution sometimes seen in London is a “Pedestrian Scramble”, where pedestrians are explicitly given full (and even diagonal) access to a junction with all other traffic stopped.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrian_scramble

[mywittyname]

In Seattle, they call these "all walks" or officially, "all way walks." I love them, since I don't feel like I have to watch out for drivers making left turns.