pedestrianize.

To make a street or area primarily available to pedestrians by excluding ordinary motor traffic.

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Words that belong together

• pedestrianize the center
• pedestrianize a shopping street
• pedestrianize an area

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The council pedestrianized the shopping street after years of complaints.

Shopkeepers disagreed about whether pedestrianizing the center would help trade.

Once the square was pedestrianized, neighbors lingered there after errands.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Often a municipal change of use. Exceptions for deliveries or emergency access may remain; specify local rules. British spelling pedestrianise is common. Base pedestrianize; third-person pedestrianizes; past/past participle pedestrianized; present participle pedestrianizing. British -ise forms: pedestrianise, pedestrianises, pedestrianised, pedestrianising. Derived noun: pedestrianization/pedestrianisation, not an inflection.