Are you really incapable of interpreting that photo for yourself? Do you see any pedestrians there? Wonder why? I can't think of any reason somebody would want to walk along that street.
No amenities, nothing interesting to see, no street furniture, no street based retail, no shade, no protection from the elements, fast moving traffic, tiny sidewalk, and oh yeah... no pedestrians.
Did I really just have to explain that to you??
Want to see a wide pedestrian friendly suburban street? Yonge in North York Centre. I could go into all the reasons why that is superior to Hurontario in MCC, but if it's not obvious to you already, no amount of explanation will help.
So you are possibly capable of trying to describe and define and compare things instead of posting a picture of an empty field from a moving car and hysterically saying "eww, suburbs!" I'm genuinely surprised and glad.
You said Hurontario is worse than York Region, and you based this on
absolutely nothing other than a perceived gap between Mississauga's 'main street' rhetoric and the on-street reality. Uh, Jane & 7, Vaughan Corporate Centre? Warden & 7, Markham Centre? Worse than Yonge & 7? Worse than Woodbine? Hello? Mississauga actually knows that this is not a main street, which is why they're building a new one farther west. Have you ever tried walking around any of these places or are you deciding which is worst based on a few google snapshots? Based on your last photo-bloated post, it's clearly the latter.
Think about it. Why on earth would there be anyone walking along a stretch of Hurontario next to the 403 that has nothing on it but underused parking lots and grass? Maybe one or two people a day will walk there to take photos of construction sites, but that's about it. You could pave the sidewalk with mosaics or dangle pig carcasses from the light standards - such aesthetics won't impact the number of pedestrians (though both may have some tourism effects). It has good bus service, so people aren't going to walk from Burnhamthorpe to Eglinton just for the hell of it. Obviously, more people will be walking along Hurontario in downtown Brampton than at the 403...there's nothing at the 403.
The reality is that pedestrian volumes depend on the volumes of actual people nearby and not pedestrian friendliness, particularly when one defines pedestrian friendliness without any logical standards other than you-know-it-when-you-see-it. Front west of University is a concrete wind tunnel that's very uncomfortable to walk down, but has street furniture, a wide sidewalk, some stores, and has many pedestrians, as well as street meat vendors and taxis all night. Roxborough east of Yonge is exceedingly pleasant to walk down with its cobblestone-brick sidewalk and gorgeous mansions that greet the street well, but it's devoid of pedestrians. Which is more pedestrian friendly? Like Hurontario & the 403, you're more likely to be successfully abducted on Roxborough because no one will see you being taken - ornamental shrubbery doesn't talk - but, like downtown Brampton, attempted abductions are more likely on Front because more people = more abductor/abductee opportunities.
I should add, I regularly jay-walk on Queen Street and it doesn't take much courage at all. Everybody does it. I challenge you to stand near Queen & Bathurst for 10 minutes and not see multiple mid-block jaywalkers.
It doesn't take any courage in the suburbs, either. If anything, it's easier because there's fewer crazy taxis or crazy cyclists and fewer parked cars to block your view. People don't just wander around for the sake of going from random point to random point...even flaneurs don't. Yet, right after I mentioned this, TJ O'Pootertoot said short blocks are important...why on earth do people need more ways to cross Hurontario here? Do they need more turning cars in their way? Multiple formal paths to walk from one empty lot to another? Are there so many people stepping into traffic metres from existing intersections that new roads need to be created for them? No, of course not. Just like a pointless fight to secure a man's right to have babies, demanding urban accoutrements like charming street furniture and crosswalks every few feet
where there are no people and nothing to walk to and then vilifying the area for having no people and nothing to walk to is completely silly.