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pedestrian zone
UK/pəˈdestriən zəʊn/US/pəˈdestriən zoʊn/pe·DES·tri·an·ZONE
an area of a town or city reserved for people walking, not for vehicles
Examples
“The old market is now a pedestrian zone, which makes it popular with tourists.”
“Shops along the pedestrian zone have seen increased sales.”
“They widened pavements to expand the pedestrian zone.”
Band 8 sentence
“Establishing a pedestrian zone in the city centre has boosted local businesses and reduced pollution.”
Collocations
- create a pedestrian zone
- pedestrianised area
Word family
Common mistakes
walking zone→pedestrian zone
pedestrian area→pedestrian zone
Say it for a higher band
5walking area→6pedestrian area→7+pedestrian zone
Synonyms
car-free zone
Easily confused
car-free zone
“The historic centre became a car-free zone last year.”
shared space
“The city trialled a shared space where cyclists and pedestrians mingle.”
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