Sadiq Khan’s Oxford Street pedestrianisation plan explained

Cyclists will be banned from riding through the pedestrianised section of Oxford Street under Sadiq Khan’s plans to ban traffic from the thoroughfare.The mayor announced on Tuesday that he had secured Government support to re-boot seven-year-old plans to make the “nation’s most famous high street” traffic-free, starting with the stretch between Oxford Circus and Selfridges.He told the Standard that cyclists would be included the restrictions, which will also remove buses, cars, taxis and delivery vehicles and give priority to pedestrians.Mr Khan said: “I’m quite clear: in that part of the street we pedestrianise, I want it to be for people to walk around.“There will be places to lock up your bike. There will be alternative [routes], in terms of getting from one side of Oxford Street to the other.“I want buses off Oxford Street in this part we pedestrianise, [and] cars, minicabs, taxis, racing cyclists. What I do want is pedestrians walking around and going to the shops.”