Is there anyway to force a route that has multiple stops to run the route so as to have all the stops on the right side of the street so as to never have pedstrians to have to cross traffic in order to be picked up. I'd like to be able to make it a default and not have to go in and edit the stops and locations to do this each time.

I think it'd be difficult to accomplish this with MapPoint.. scope around the Companies section of DirectionsMag.com for solutions, Magellan Ingenierie's TourSolver (works with MapPoint) come to mind..