Pedestrians take a break on lounge chairs in the middle of Broadway in Times Square in New York, Monday, May 25, 2009. Sections of Broadway that run through Times Square and Herald Square have been closed to vehicular traffic and are now pedestrian malls. Seth Wenig / AP
A woman enjoys her morning coffee in the middle of Broadway in the Times Square in New York, Monday, May 25, 2009. Sections of Broadway that run through Times Square and Herald Square have been closed to cars in a city effort to reduce traffic and pollution and cut down on pedestrian accidents. Seth Wenig / AP
Michael Johnson takes a break on a lounge chair in the middle of Broadway in New York's Times Square, Monday, May 25, 2009. Sections of Broadway that run through Times Square and Herald Square have been closed to cars in a city effort to reduce traffic and pollution and cut down on pedestrian accidents. Seth Wenig / AP
Pedestrians take a break on lounge chairs in the middle of Broadway in New York's Times Square, Monday, May 25, 2009. Sections of Broadway that run through Times Square and Herald Square have been closed to cars in a city effort to reduce traffic and pollution and cut down on pedestrian accidents. Seth Wenig / AP
Pedestrians take a break on lounge chairs in the middle of Broadway in New York's Times Square, Monday, May 25, 2009. Sections of Broadway that run through Times Square and Herald Square have been closed to cars in a city effort to reduce traffic and pollution and cut down on pedestrian accidents. Seth Wenig / AP
People sit on lounge chairs in the middle of Broadway in New York's Times Square, Monday, May 25, 2009. Sections of Broadway that run through Times Square and Herald Square have been closed to cars in a city effort to reduce traffic and pollution and cut down on pedestrian accidents. Seth Wenig / AP
Con la intención de aligerar la vida en la ciudad, las autoridades de Nueva York decidieron retirar el tráfico de vehículos por la avenida Broadway desde la calle 42 y hasta la Herald Square a la altura de la calle 23. Seth Wenig / AP