Overview

• Vehicles will be banned between Oxford Circus and Orchard Street from noon to 8pm on Sunday during the This Is Oxford Street event.
• Buses are set to divert from 9pm on Saturday until 4am on Monday as the trial closes a central stretch to traffic.
• The mayor’s longer-term proposal would pedestrianise nearly a mile from Orchard Street near Marble Arch to Great Portland Street near Oxford Circus.
• City Hall estimates costs at around £150 million with expected private contributions and is seeking Government approval for a Mayoral Development Corporation.
• A consultation reported roughly two-thirds support out of about 6,000 respondents, though residents and traders continue to raise concerns over rerouted buses and spillover traffic, as Camden and Westminster leaders signal cooperation.