You have to go to the crosswalks, hit the button and wait. It sucks but I did it when I was carless. No way I’d be crossing in front of cars doing 40-50mph on a snowy and rainy night. I’ll wait for as long as I have to and walk the 400 feet to the corner. The CT law even says so.

Sec. 14-300c. Pedestrian use of roads and sidewalks

No pedestrian shall walk along and upon a roadway where a sidewalk adjacent to such roadway is provided and the use thereof is practicable.

No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb, sidewalk, crosswalk or any other place of safety adjacent to or upon a roadway and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close to such pedestrian as to constitute an immediate hazard to such pedestrian.