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Pedestrianisation Of Oxford Street This Weekend
On Nov 24, 6:13*pm, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:59:16 -0000, "Mizter T" wrote: Generally speaking I can't get very worked up about it happening on just one day a year, though I guess I hadn't entirely put two and two together to connect this annual exercise to the wider push by Oxford Street traders to reduce the number of buses going down 'their' street. 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). The knock-on consequences of banishing all buses from Oxford Street would be immense though. You might therefore like to read this correspondence http://www.london.gov.uk/moderngov/m...DF.aspx?ID=752 and then this reply. http://www.london.gov.uk/moderngov/m...F.aspx?ID=1192 Looks like the proponents of this (IMO) daft idea are not going to give up pushing their particular agenda. -- Paul C Would this argument be happening if Oxford Street happened to have a roof over it? Then it would be a shopping centre, and buses wouldn't be expected inside. I don't really understand why it's that much of an issue whether buses go past the front door or back door of the shops. If the changes involved a quicker route to some kind of bus station it might actually improve access. Bus travel is not significantly quicker than walking between Tottenham Court Road and Bond Street with the current arrangement. If one arrives on a 25 from the east, say, it generally makes sense to get off in New Oxford Street and do the rest on foot. That won't really change. |
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