Mayor trials car-free Oxford Street for one day with aim to keep

London Mayor, Oxford Street Marx, a day of a day of traffic, “the fight began to save this street,” he said.

Sir Sadiq Khan wants to ban vehicles from a stretch of 0.7 miles (about 1.1km) between Oxford circus and marble belt, which has the potential to make further changes to the Tottenham Court Road.

The mayor visited the event, this is Oxford Street, where the vehicles on Sunday noon and between 20:00 Oxford Circus to the Orchard Street of the road was banned from reaching half a mile.

However, mobility problems have increased concerns about accessibility for those who have the effect of clogging on the smaller side streets of traffic and the impact on their inhabitants.

Detailed suggestions for traffic within the scope of pedestrian building plan will be consulted later this year.

“Local enterprises and local residents will harm the local enterprises and local residents.

“Normally we will see the traffic that goes down from Oxford Street.

“It is not the special cars they are already banned – but emergency vehicles, buses, delivery vehicles, pushed to the small side streets that could not really get.”

Soho society before Increased concerns about access For those with mobility problems or heavy shopping.

Pedes, Grace and Tom Brown are among those who think that traffic should get better.

“I would always be like this, Gr Grace said.

Tom added: “I think it will really encourage all businesses. I think people are postponing how busy they are.

“I think it would be great if people come cold and chat and feel safe.”

He said there was another idea passing by another way.

Kish Shah said: “Yes, it has this area to walk on my day. There are too many razzmatazz.

“It makes sense to keep permanently for a large number of people coming here.

“I’m sure there are other ways where bus services and emergency vehicles can come quickly in the region.”

Sir Sadiq added: “Today is a look at how the future can be, this is a place where people can walk.

“It increases the expenditure, (this one) will be a great place to shop, to entertain, but also have open -air events.

(Today), the day, the day when the war began to save this street, in history, I think it will go down. “

Mayor, expressing his concerns about congestion and accessibility, “the minority of the inhabitants” “fully understood” and said that the authority consulted the residents.

“We will continue to work with the residents and the Council, but we will also work with retailers, landowners and others to ensure that we can return this street to the previous glory.” He said.

When asked whether he planned to make more streets in the capital, Sir Sadiq said: “We worked with councils to make pedestrian regions of London outside Somerset House. This summer, we investd to eat outdoors in the summer.

He continued: “Therefore, we work with the government, so that licensing and so on.

“I think hospitality is really important sectors of our retail economy, but it is also one of the reasons why people love to come to London.”

Oxford Street is one of the most intense shopping areas in the world with about half a million visitors every day.

An earlier initiative for the pedestrian section of Sir Sadiq’s Oxford Street was blocked by the Westminster Municipal Assembly in 2018.

The latest proposals depends on obtaining permission from the government to establish a new mayor’s development company that will provide planning powers.

The aim is to create this at the beginning of next year.

Additional reporting by Pa Media