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The main shopping street in London will have its western side converted into a pedestrian artistic area. The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, unveiled the plans to act on traffic detouring from Oxford Street by the end of next year. These new traffic restrictions will aid the busy street to become a pedestrian-friendly area.
The released images display the pedestrian-friendly area spreading across from Selfridges to Oxford Circus. The area will comprise vivid paintings on the walkways and on the walls.
?This is a hugely exciting moment for the capital,” commented Khan.

“Oxford Street is world famous with millions of visitors every year, and in just over a year the iconic part of the street west of Oxford Circus could be transformed into a traffic-free pedestrian boulevard.” Photos via consultations.tfl.gov.uk
Oxford street is famous for being the busiest shopping street in Europe as it embraces a public flow that mounts up to 500,000 pedestrians/day. At the time being, the pedestrians are jammed with traffic in only two lanes.

The new proposal will have the buses detoured and the cab parking spaces extended. Additionally, the street will be raised up to be on the same level with the walkway, rendering it beneficial for the handicapped.

Bicycles are not allowed to be ridden in the area, but rather cyclists will have independent cycling pathways along less busy neighboring streets.
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