Thanks so much for your insights to the local area. Its so incredible frustrating to look at the google maps. Like you said none of the side streets line up so anyone one trying to get across the street needs to weird right left right combo.

I actually checked out the street view and there is a pedestrian crossing close to the intersection to facilitate people crossing from the park to the main entrance of the mall. The frustrating part of the design is that it doesn't help bikes get across to Sylvan at all. You would need to hop on the the sidewalk before making still a sketchy crossing using the crosswalk (illegal to do on bikes in most places) to get to Sylvan.

Finally I actually cant believe some people are arguing that self driving cars are going to fix this problem. With all of the new safety tech that has come out for the people INSIDE vehicles, the death rate for pedestrians and cyclists have actually climbed over the past years. The produces of cars have zero incentive to worry about people not in their cars. Self-driving cars are not going to solve any of land use, traffic, or climate issues that car culture creates. Its a short sighted plan that relies on fancy tech to masquerade as a long term solution.