Pedestrianise Oxford St?

[TS7]

This seems to be on the agenda. Even more so in light of the two accidents this week where pedestrians have been seriously injured.

I'm in London quite often but don't have day to day experience or observations of it Oxford St and the surrounding area. What do you Londoners reckon?

On the face of it, a pedestrianised shopping area would probably be better for business and reduce heavily congested pavements and encourage people who tend avoid Oxford n Regent st to come in.

But where would all the traffic be feasibly redirected to?

 

[BuffetSlayer]

Is this the same Oxford street where armies of Zombies, er I mean pedestrians lumber around in their own world completely disregarding the green cross code and the highway code and just general common sense in terms of their safety in a person vs vehicle situation?

That one?

Nar let Darwin sort it out!!

 

[peterwalkley]

I was a student in London in the late 1980's and it should have been pedestrianised back then. On the few occasions I've been back its not got any better.

Stuff the cars, anyone driving in Central London is mental when you look at how good public transport is.

 

[Scam]

Pedestrianise it by driving bulldozers 6-abreast down the road and pavements at 3pm on a Saturday. That'll help.

Anyone who lives in London avoids that place like the plague. It's just full of teenagers, idiots and tourists.

 

[Nitefly]

It is a truly terrible place - only made somewhat decent by proxy of being near Denmark Street.

 

[Mikeyboy]

If they do, then they should dig up the Oxford St/Regent St junction and build a new entrance and ticket hall to Oxford Circus Station.

The station and the pavements cannot cope with the amount of people trying to access the station through the current entrances.

 

[Malevolence]

They can do what they want with it, it still won't stop it being a vile place that's infected with parasitical Romanian pick-pockets.

 

[dowie]

yup they probably should, way too much pedestrian traffic cars can use other roads

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Not going to happen. There's no other roads that could handle the extra traffic.

 

[Efour]

When cross rail goes live I think they will do it

 

[Muban]

Stuff the cars, anyone driving in Central London is mental when you look at how good public transport is.

Only for the able bodied. Getting around London in a wheelchair is pretty rubbish. Driving or cabs are often the only practical way to get anywhere.

Not going to happen. There's no other roads that could handle the extra traffic.

This is what I was thinking, not sure the rest of the roads could cope. Congestion is bad enough as it is.

 

[Dunks]

Urgh Oxford Street is hell on earth.

Avoided like the plague unless it's between me and Soho...

 

[rickjames]

I work off Oxford Circus and cycle every day.

So many braindead pedestrians, predominantly tourists who try crossing reds without even a care of whats happening.

 

[squired]

If they do it will make it far more pleasant. With all the traffic it is horrible and heavily polluted, much like a lot of London. As for the cars, well they need to get people in London out of cars. They are one of the main reasons it is so unpleasant right now. Personally I'd close Oxford Street off to cars and then have some sort of tram-like system operating along the full length of the street.


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[Tunney]

It doesn't need to be pedestrianised, it needs to be carpet bombed.

 

[grudas]

Yes! It's way too busy, people step out without looking, cross everywhere etc etc.. even as a cyclist over one year of using that street I have managed to hit 4 ppedestrians!!

 

[Sirrel Squirrel]

Yea, do it. I have to walk down it every bloody day. The tourists and people with no spacial awareness are utterly annoying.

 

[Rroff]

Honestly up the speed limit - the number of people who walk around in central London completely oblivious to what is going on around them traffic wise is beyond ridiculous I have no idea how there aren't daily fatalities.

 

[McBain]

Walk down Oxford Street, you must be mad.

 

[Uhtred]

I used to work nearby and occasionally went out on my lunch break to visit m&s/john lewis (until click and collect negated that need). It was ok if you walked up parallel streets and cut in as close to your destination as possible. Otherwise, nope.