Oxford Street will be closed to motor traffic between Oxford Circus and Orchard Street for a car-free day on Sunday 21 September from 12:00 to 20:00 BST, hosting free themed areas run by local businesses. Buses will take alternate routes from 21:00 BST on Saturday 20 September until 04:00 on Monday 22 September. Plans to pedestrianise parts of the street are set to move forward after a consultation found two thirds support banning traffic. Wider plans could ban vehicles between Oxford Circus and Marble Arch and extend toward Tottenham Court Road, contingent on permission to create a mayoral development corporation. City Hall values the area at £25bn annually.
PA Media Oxford Street is to go car-free for a day to demonstrate how pedestrianisation could work, if the mayor of London's plans go ahead. The street will be closed to cars from 12:00 to 20:00 BST on Sunday 21 September, from Oxford Circus to Orchard Street, the day before World Car Free Day. The road will be used for a free public event where local businesses will run themed areas involving fashion, sport, music, food and heritage.
As part of the scheme, buses will take alternate routes from 21:00 BST on Saturday 20 September 04:00 on Monday 22 September. In June, the Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan said plans to pedestrianise parts of Oxford Street would move forward "as quickly as possible". The announcement followed a consultation that found that two thirds of people supported the principle of banning traffic on the street, which sees an average of half a million visitors each day.
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