thoroughfare

It aims to transform the street from a narrow, cluttered thoroughfare dominated by cars, to a more pleasant place to shop and visit.

For years, the fastest athletes on the planet would race in New York City’s Fifth Avenue Mile, a 20-block dash down the famous Manhattan thoroughfare.

The sparse landscaping on the thoroughfares left sidewalks exposed to the bright sun, and the constant rumble of trucks and buses assaulted the eardrums.

It is a critical thoroughfare — the only viable route linking Crescent City, a tsunami-prone town of 6,200 people, with neighboring Humboldt County and the rest of the state.

In Mexico City, the march brought traffic in the capital to a standstill, as the protest moved down the main thoroughfare.