Rb, pedestrians are safe if they use the crossing correctly, not like the couple yesterday who were so keen to check out FB etc that they just wondered across the road coming within inches of being squished. I am also amused at the pedestrians who stand there waiting for the lights to change having not pressed the crossing button. The crossing on the Pedder side IS pedestrian controlled, don't press it and you will wait a long, long time to cross.

The traffic island is not the greatest and the placing of the poles in the middle is really stupid but it is a good refuge.