If you were told that getting rid of it would lower pedestrian fatalities, and you believed that, would YOU want to take it away?
Right on red, unless that arrow is on. Perhaps a blinking yellow arrow for when it isn't, just to avoid the ambiguity.
Or, when you're walking into the road, maybe make sure that drivers nearby see you. I played Ingress and Pokemon Go for years, in the city, at night, for years. Perhaps it's that I knew it put me at heightened risk so I paid more attention, but I really have a hard time understanding why people think that drivers are the only ones who need to pay attention when they're in the street.
What's that? Walking people???
Have they lost their car?
You have to know what it is to see it. :-D