Both can be true.

It can (and is) true that we need better pedestrian infrastructure. Or more to the point, less car-centric infrastructure.

But it can (and is) also true that a pedestrian should take basic safety precautions when around dangerous things. He should likewise look both ways before crossing a bike path (infrastructure we support) and shouldn’t cross train tracks (also infrastructure we support) when the train is coming.

We live largely in a world that caters to cars. I hope that can change. But that doesn’t absolve personal safety responsibility.