At U. of Oklahoma we have a similar street that separates the dorms from the rest of campus. Students do a good job using the crosswalk lights because otherwise, THEY GET RUN OVER. It would take a year or two to get students on board (need good education at the university/police level), but once they realize cars aren’t stopping, I guarantee they’ll use the lights.

I feel like the crippling factor here is the railyard. If we had other decent avenues of transportation on the sides of campus we’d be in good shape, but we’re really constrained on viable routes N and S. We may want/wish/think people will stop using cars, but that’s impractical when you have a climate where it’s cold from Oct-April. I bike to work all the time, but I also have a number of reasons to drive across campus using University. I just don’t see 6th and campus road supporting the load of traffic that would be diverted from university.

Now if you want to think of some amazing possibilities… what if the railyard moved out of Grand Forks and that area was turned to green space?