The amount of time to get across the wide and busy roads is simply too short to cross safely for many people, seniors, small children, people reading their texts...  The lights need to be tuned for pedestrians crossing, and we need more traffic lights with on-demand signals that can help people cross safely mid-block.  The traffic department will not support stop signs or cross walks unless the numbers match their magic figures.  This is a big part of the problem.  The major arterial near my house has a 1 km stretch with no stop signs.  There are 2 cross walks very far apart, and none near the seniors apartments or the plaza.  When I asked my councillor for a stop sign when the traffic department said no, he told me there was no need, even though the street is used as a shortcut to get to the DVP and has 3 schools on it.