"pedestrians" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use the word to refer to people who are walking, as in the sentence, "We need to be aware of pedestrians when driving in the city."
Nor do you see many cars flash on to a footpath behind a tight knot of pedestrians and proceed to ring their bell furiously until everyone jumps out of their way.
Krishnaraj Rao, a lawyer and activist, initiated a programme with slum children a decade ago, painting lines on the roads to mark where pedestrians could walk in safety.
Consequently an hour of light at evening rush hour reduces risk for more drivers and pedestrians than an hour of light during the shorter morning rush hour, when there are fewer road users than at the end of the working day".
From busy roads to quiet estate pathways, canal towpaths to back streets, they move with astonishingly little regard for anyone else, leaving old and young, pedestrians and fellow two-wheelers spinning in their self-righteous wake.
And yet cyclists, drivers and pedestrians get along fine.
But the real damage is likely to be done on the narrow twisting descents and sharp ascents around Oughtibridge and High Bradfield, the killer punch coming when what remains of the field hits Jenkin Road, a short climb within Sheffield which is so steep it has a handrail for pedestrians to cling to.
It's partly because they're filled with holes, telephone boxes, grates, craters, broken glass, trees, pedestrians, parked cars, waiting cabs and litter bins; but mostly because they stop and start suddenly, up on high kerbs, so to get off the road and on to them safely I'd have to master some nifty manoeuvre to do with quantum bi-location, atomic wormholes and halting earth time.
You can see buses and rickshaws jostle for space with pedestrians as hawkers shout out their wares, like the juice seller who sings adapted Hindi film songs beneath the Bandra West skywalk - Jumme ke raat hai, mango bhi saath hai (It's Friday night, and you have a mango drink with you).
The elevated expressways were built to take walkers from the busy railways stations, which are crowded with pedestrians, hawkers, rickshaws and public buses, and connect them to targeted destinations like residential areas, bus stations, taxi stands, office spaces and shopping areas.
And if pedestrians are using them, how can that help the cause of reducing traffic?
The robbers seized pedestrians and motorists and beat them senseless, telling them they would be shot, have their throats slit, eyes gouged out or be burned alive if they did not comply with their assailants' demands.
