Meaning & use
pedestrianize
To convert a street or area so that only pedestrians, not vehicles, may use it.
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The city voted to pedestrianize the main square to reduce traffic and noise downtown.
Several shop owners opposed the plan to pedestrianize the busy commercial street.
A note on using this word
Pedestrianize is mainly used in British English town planning contexts for closing streets to traffic.
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