Zebra-crossings into all directions
In Japan you will find the zebra-crossings leading you into ALL directions also x-wise across the street on major crossings. So ALL of the car-trafic from any direction has to stop for a while and the pedestrians start crossing the street in which-ever direction they want to go, that is a really good idea.
And that implies as well that ALL of the cars have to have left the area of the street-crossing as soon as its RED.



Heiwa Doori, Okinawa