London’s Oxford Street goes traffic-free in historic move

“London’s Oxford Street goes traffic-free in historic move”

One of the world’s most famous shopping streets entered a new era on Monday as a nearly one-kilometre stretch of London’s Oxford Street became traffic-free, with Mayor Sadiq Khan declaring that the long-awaited transformation could reverse years of decline in the British capital’s premier retail destination. The move, which comes after decades of proposals, abandoned schemes and political disagreements, bans cars, buses, taxis and bicycles from the stretch between Orchard Street, near…

“London's Oxford Street goes traffic-free”

Part of London's Oxford Street, Britain's busiest shopping thoroughfare, went permanently traffic-free today in an effort to revitalise the area and create a new public space to boost economic growth.