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Plans to pedestrianise London’s Oxford Street have been announced
After decades of rumours and blocked attempts at making London 's Oxford Street a car-free zone, it looks like the plans could finally be going ahead. On Tuesday, 17 September 2024, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced in an Instagram post that the government is “announcing exciting new plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street”.
London’s Oxford Street to be pedestrianized under new mayoral plans
London’s famed Oxford Street could finally be pedestrianized, according to new plans announced by city mayor Sadiq Khan on Tuesday, following years of debate about how to revitalize the area.
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OPINION - The pedestrianisation of Oxford Street must take account of buses
Residents are dead against it, particularly those who live in the streets where the 16 bus routes would be redirected The reasons for the municipal reticence are obvious. Residents — voters too, of course — are dead against it,
New plans revealed to pedestrianise Oxford Street
This follows the Labour mayor's previous attempt to pedestrianise part of the world-famous shopping street in 2018, which was blocked by the then-Conservative local authority. The
London's Oxford Street to get a facelift; plan to make it car-free zone set to take off
For a long time, there were talks to make Oxford Street a car-free zone and finally things are falling into place. Recently, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced that the government has exciting plans to make it a pedestrian road.
London's mayor wants to get rid of traffic on Oxford Street
STORY: London’s Oxford Street – home to some of the British capital’s most famous stores – could go from this…:: Transport for Londonto this, a fully pedestrianized area.London Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Tuesday the plan is to get rid off all traffic — including bikes — along the one-mile stretch from Oxford Circus to Marble Arch.
Plans to ban traffic on Oxford Street announced
Plans to pedestrianise part of London's Oxford Street have been announced by the capital's mayor Sadiq Khan. Mr Khan said "urgent action" is needed to regenerate the famous high street, which was has been affected by a shift to online shopping and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sadiq Khan to ban traffic from Oxford Street
Mayor of London insists pedestrianising street would provide a “new lease of life” to a shopping hub plagued by pickpockets
London's Oxford Street to ban cars as one of world's busiest shopping roads becomes traffic-free
London mayor Sadiq Khan is planning to ban traffic from entering Oxford Street, which is home to 300 shops including the likes of Selfridges and attracts over 200 million visitors each year
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