crowded streets
Busy urban arteries
Streets filled with many people, vehicles, or both, making movement difficult or slow.
The phrase evokes urban bustle—pedestrians jostling, traffic crawling, noise and activity pressing in from all sides.
She pushed through the crowded streets of the market district.
The parade route's crowded streets made parking impossible.
- bustlingFull of energetic activity
- throngsLarge, dense crowds
- pedestriansPeople traveling on foot
- foot trafficPedestrian movement volume
- jostlingPushing and bumping others
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- city lifecity, urban life, traffic noise, downtown, metropolis
- urban featuresskyscrapers, subway stations, high-rises, sidewalk, condos
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