foot traffic

British  

noun

1. the wear and tear caused to a surface by people walking on it

2. the activity of pedestrians in a particular area

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Example Sentences

Discount retailers that depend heavily on foot traffic have given conflicting signals about their business.

From Los Angeles Times

Rodriguez said it took at least three weeks to recover foot traffic, and even so, vendors are struggling because “people are not spending like they used to.”

From Los Angeles Times

“This makes every sniff of holiday activity — foot traffic, discount depth, card authorizations — disproportionately important. In a data desert, even a puddle looks like a lake.”

From MarketWatch

Remote work is having profound effects on nearly every dimension of the economy: foot traffic to downtown businesses, housing markets in big cities and far-flung areas, methods of assessing productivity and child care.

From New York Times

“You may have leeching from concrete or years and years of foot traffic, pet traffic and construction disturbances,” Lee-Mäder says.

From Seattle Times