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Old November 28th 10, 07:48 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Basil Jet[_2_] Basil Jet[_2_] is offline
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Default Pedestrianisation Of Oxford Street This Weekend

On 2010\11\27 20:23, Bruce wrote:
Basil wrote:
On 2010\11\25 08:09, Paul wrote:

Whilst making Oxford Street
traffic free may attract some people,


I think it is unlikely that a single person will be attracted to Oxford
Street by this, apart from environmentalist nutcases who will spend all
day sneering at the filthy capitalist shops and at the sheeple who
actually buy things.


On the contrary, it appears to have been a remarkable success:

West End 'record sales' as 1 million shop on no traffic day
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11853632


Thanks.