However, adding protection to Oxford Street and Regent Street not part of current plans.
... [+]However, to the disappointment of campaigners, the motor-choked Oxford Street will not benefit from the new measures. Campaigners have been calling for the retail thoroughfare’s pedestrianization for many years. Similarly, Regent Street will only get the lightest of upgrades.is significant because the authority has long been reluctant to antagonize the loud and influential black cab lobby and has often blocked proactive measures to favor cyclists or pedestrians.
Westminster Council said it would ban motorists from getting close to schools via the introduction of time-limited “school streets.” More cycle parking will be installed across the borough, and there will be “better links to the existing cycle networks,” said the council’s statement. The council said the introduction of the scheme came after it had received over 500 requests for such measures from residents and businesses.
Leader of Westminster City Council Rachael Robathan said the works were “essential in order to kickstart the economy.”
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