The Guardian view on Oxford Street’s pedestrianisation: cities should be designed around people, not cars | Editorial
The transformation of Europe’s busiest shopping street should be a case study in making cities greener, less congested and more inviting places to live Sadiq Khan has been trying to pedestrianise Oxford Street since he…
- The Greater London Authority hopes it will rejuvenate a high street fallen on hard times.
- It estimates that the scheme will generate £82m of value a year in the area by increasing….
- On Monday, after numerous setbacks, his plan will finally come to fruition.
The transformation of Europe’s busiest shopping street should be a case study in making cities greener, less congested and more inviting places to live Sadiq Khan has been trying to pedestrianise Oxford Street since he first became the mayor of London in 2016.
The busiest stretch of the nation’s famous shopping street will be closed to traffic in a scheme designed to improve the area and make it more attractive to pedestrians.
Since the pandemic, the number of vacant shops on Oxford Street has more than quadrupled.
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