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"Problem:
Cars are dangerous to pedestrians; yet activities occur just where cars and pedestrians meet. ...
... Solution:
Except where #traffic densities are very high or very low, lay out #pedestrian paths at right angles to roads, not along them, so that the paths gradually begin to form a second network, distinct from the #road system, and orthogonal to it. This can be done quite gradually - even if you put in one path at a time, but always put them in the middle of the "block," so that they run across the roads." Christopher Alexander, A Pattern Language #patternlanguage #christopheralexander
@WT_Dore ....except that pedestrians usually want to go to the same place as cars, so if you lay out the pedestrian path at right angles, you won't get to the same destination.
You could lay them out at a angle so they cross the traffic grid, but them you are cutting through buildings.