"Terry Harper" wrote in message
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My view is that they should be restricted to a free shuttle the full
length
of Oxford Street, and that all other buses be diverted from it.

Interesting idea! Buses from the west could loop at Marble Arch, returning
back from whence they came and feeding into the Routemasters along Oxford
Street. Buses from the north to the centre of Oxford Street could loop back
at Cavendish Square. Not sure about the eastern end (Holborn?) or how you
would handle buses from the south that currently approach via Regent Street.
Then there's the problem of people who want to make through journeys across
the central zone.

Nevertheless, with a bit of thought many of those problems could probably be
very easily solved. It certainly sounds like an idea worth further
investigation!