Khan says Oxford Street cycle ban is key to renewal

CYCLISTS will be banned from riding through the pedestrianised section of Oxford Street under Sadiq Khan’s plans to ban traffic from the thoroughfare.

- Ross Lydall

The Mayor announced yesterday that he had secured government support to reboot 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 in 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.