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Oxford Street set to become less accessible damaging economic growth.

Tom - one of the (many) issues with the ill-conceived plans on Oxford Street is that they will push more traffic through the areas around the street, including #Soho, as well as #Fitzrovia, #Mayfair and #Marylebone. The opposite of what it sounds like you want to see. Businesses and residents need some traffic throughout the day and emergency vehicles need access, too. That means the roads can't safely be made totally traffic free. Private cars have long been banned from Oxford Street, already. But the buses, cycles, delivery vehicles and fire engines will still need to go somewhere. Those with young children, older people and many with physical disabilities also need to get to shops and services on the street. The idea of a Barcelona-style model of quiet streets and outdoor cafes appeals to some, although not everyone. But to get that to work you need to have blocks of pedestrianised streets with major arteries connecting and servicing them. The Mayor is doing the opposite of that by pushing pedestrianisation on the main arteries, like Oxford Street. Pedestrianising Oxford Street therefore makes it harder to bring in more traffic limits in Soho, and other places. There's a trade off needed. Anyone can make digital images of a prettier Oxford Street with more trees and less traffic but actually making the area work is hard. That's why Labour and Conservative review of this for 25 years have reached the same conclusion: lessen traffic on Oxford Street but don't fully pedestrianise then upgrade the street (we had £100m committed to this, half from businesses before the Mayor revived his already dead-once plan). The people who live and work nearby know the area best and will all tell you this is an ego-trip idea that will wreak havoc on the areas around, with net negative economic and carbon impact.

Oxford Street Residents want to know which routes buses will take, what are the plans to ensure disabled residents can maintain access to local stores, what mitigations are in place to tackle rough sleeping and maintain safety on the street at night? mylondon.news/news/zone-1-ne…

Looks like @MayorofLondon is at it again in @CityWestminster. This time wanting to take control of planning and ignore local views on the development at Travis Perkins site by Westway. standard.co.uk/news/london/sa…

The closure is going to have a "huge impact" on the economy in west London. bbc.in/47wH5pl

Westway A40 closed for a month and @thameswater is allowed to set up roadworks into town on A4 Cromwell Road. The lunatics are running the show @MayorofLondon @TfL

A40 closure: Between the Westway roundabout and Marylebone Flyover ⛔️ From 22:00 Friday 20 March until late April 2026, the A40 will be closed in both directions between the Westway roundabout and Marylebone Flyover (including the flyover). Diversion routes and local roads will be extremely busy. *Closure in place at all times, including the Easter Bank Holiday. More info: tfl.gov.uk/westway

Millions are being spent on cycle lanes, but vital car clubs have failed due to lack of support and engagement by Westminster City and the Mayor of London. We need transport that works for all. I pledge to do more, and support bringing flexible hire cars and vans back to Westminster in numbers. #carclubs #zipcar #sustainabletravel

The Sec. Of State for Transport has published her floating bus stop guidance. Written by cyclists for cyclists and complete with a new design impossibly narrow for wheel chair users. Blind people will be forever excluded from their bus services in favour of fit young people.

A new low for London bus speeds. The slowest ever period 9 at 8.86mph, the slowest ever monthly speed and the slowest rolling 12 month average. All when @TfL would want to be celebrating 25Kms of new bus lane. London needs a transport Czar, not a Cycle Czar! @LonTravelWatch

Merry Christmas 🎄 🎁

Oxford Street has survived bombs, riots and recessions – but will it survive Sadiq Khan’s meddling? The London mayor’s grand plans will suck the life and soul out of this once great shopping street. This is vandalism, says Michael Collins buff.ly/FLTK6wt

🚧 RECAP: DAY 8 - Oxford Street 🚧 ❌ Labour-led Westminster have handed Oxford Street to Sadiq Khan, allowing him to impose major changes from City Hall without listening to local people. 🛒 Oxford Street is not just the nation's high street. It is a lifeline for vulnerable and less mobile residents who rely on direct buses for shops, services and essential appointments. 🚫 Yet Westminster Labour have surrendered to a Mayor who refuses to listen and prioritises his legacy over the needs of local people. 🌳 Westminster deserves leadership, not capitulation. 📣 Westminster Conservatives demand: 🤝 Genuine consultation with local people 🚌 Protection of accessible transport 🪞 Full transparency from Sadiq Khan and Westminster Labour ✅ Westminster Conservatives will stand up for local people and accessible transport. 👉 If you agree, back our campaign: westm.news/stoplabour

Nobody expects to see a pony and trap to go in and out of a shop on Oxford Street. But I just did! #London

Proof today of the fact that "pedestrianisation " of Oxford Street won't work with regent st shut off.. Rickshaws scum totally flouting it. Accident in Oxford street and a virtual football crowd walking in the road.. Or...go for it. Not a monkey's given

London mayor knows best...how to destroy a city.🙈 @SadiqKhan Oxford Street pedestrianisation plan 'will turn area into gang and shoplifting hotspot' mol.im/a/15314253 via dailym.ai/android

Sadiq Khan's Oxford Street pedestrianisation plans 'will turn area into a gang and shoplifting ... mol.im/a/15314253 via @DailyMail

But rerouting buses won’t be welcomed by locals and many smaller traders concerned about access. But insiders say Mayor wants a physical legacy. And by summer the scheme will be so far advanced be difficult to stop it. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

That's what I've been saying throughout this Oxford Street drama. He wants to leave something that people will remember him for, nothing to do with regenerating the high street. For the first time, @BBCTomEdwards is doing a proper journalism job, as he's supposed to do.

Sadiq Khan will ignore public opinion and manipulate data to push this through. That is his pattern with everything Oxford Street traffic diversion plan unveiled bbc.com/news/articles/…

Just been looking at the completely mad plans to pedestrianise most of Oxford Street. It’s obviously rediculous but this section is off the scale mental. Westbound buses and all other traffic diverted along Henrietta Place. Staggering incompetence in road planning.