On Wed, 24 Nov 2010, Mizter T wrote:

And looking at it from a wider perspective, I'd think the only way it's
at all remotely feasible to even begin contemplate pedestrianising
Oxford Street on a permanent basis would be if there was a tram that
passed down its length (or, I suppose, a - shock horror - uber frequent
bendy bus type shuttle arrangement, could even be a trolley bus).

Even that would be tricky - any vehicles going down the road will diminish
its availability to pedestrians. Even pushbikes.

What we need is some sort of aerial contraption that moves people around
at a separated, higher, grade - an elevated railway, a monorail, a
cablecar, spare T5 pod-u-likes, something like that.

The knock-on consequences of banishing all buses from Oxford Street
would be immense though.

I haven't heard of a serious analysis of how much of that traffic could be
diverted along the A5204, with and without improving works on it and so
on.

tom

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I think it would be a good idea -- Mohandas Gandhi, on Western
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