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| Car-free Times Square in New York | Car-free Times Square in New York |
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| New York City's iconic Times Square is getting a major makeover, with city officials banning cars from stretches of Broadway. | |
| Vehicles are being barred between 42nd and 47th streets at Times Square and 33rd and 35th Streets at Herald Square. | Vehicles are being barred between 42nd and 47th streets at Times Square and 33rd and 35th Streets at Herald Square. |
| City officials say the move will reduce pollution and pedestrian accidents and ease traffic flow in the area known as "crossroads of the world". | City officials say the move will reduce pollution and pedestrian accidents and ease traffic flow in the area known as "crossroads of the world". |
| Pedestrian plazas will provide shoppers and tourists with a place to relax. | Pedestrian plazas will provide shoppers and tourists with a place to relax. |
| Barriers along parts of Broadway were put in place late on Sunday, with official celebrations of the new car-free area planned for Monday. | Barriers along parts of Broadway were put in place late on Sunday, with official celebrations of the new car-free area planned for Monday. |
| Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said the makeover of the New York City's landmark - notorious for its traffic jams - will hand the place to pedestrians. | |
| "It's good for traffic, it's good for businesses and we think it is going to be great deal of fun," city transport commissioner Janet Sadik-Khan said last week. | "It's good for traffic, it's good for businesses and we think it is going to be great deal of fun," city transport commissioner Janet Sadik-Khan said last week. |
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