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Having the green light coincide with a walk signal is basically coaxing drivers to strike pedestrians. In crowded parts of a city with idiot drivers behind me, I've actually had people try to pass me on the right (and drive into pedestrians) after laying on their horns while I was making a right because I was properly waiting for pedestrians to clear the intersection first.
It's bizarre that they set the traffic up this way. They should make a right arrow and have it red, or do pedestrian traffic while the red's still on or something. But a green light with a walk signal is very stupid.
Most of the lights in my area do try and alleviate this some by having the pedestrian signal active for a little bit before the car signals go green. It only works though if you're at the light when the pattern starts, if you get to the intersection in the middle of it than it is still a problem. Also some drivers see the pedestrian signal and use it as their own green light anyway so I still need to be really cautious.
Yeah lane passing is super common in Seattle when someone is trying to turn. They recently redid the entire setup of the intersection by my apartment because people kept zooming around and getting into collisions. I'd say I used to hear or watch a collision about twice a month.