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The condition of an area being so crowded that it impedes the flow of pedestrian traffic..
"We're going to spend a pile of money widening the sidewalks a little bit and narrowing the streets a little bit," Mr. Haikalis said of city plans to ease pedlock — pedestrian congestion — in Times Square.
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Pedlock means The condition of an area being so crowded that it impedes the flow of pedestrian traffic..
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"We're going to spend a pile of money widening the sidewalks a little bit and narrowing the streets a little bit," Mr. Haikalis said of city plans to ease pedlock — pedestrian congestion — in Times Square.
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