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Times Square calls time on cars

New York City's Times Square is getting a makeover.

The famous thoroughfare is going to be closed to traffic later this month as an experiment.

Until the end of the year the square will only be open for cyclists and pedestrians.

Dumeetha Luthra went to check out the reasons behind the plan.

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