Oxford Street One-Day Traffic Ban Is Start of ‘Fight to Rescue Street’, Mayor Says

Vehicles have been banned on part of Oxford Street amid the mayor’s plan to pedestrianise a section of the street Jeff Moore/PA

The mayor of London has said a one-day trial banning traffic from part of Oxford Street marks “the day the fight back began to rescue this street”.

Sir Sadiq Khan visited the street, where vehicles were prohibited from accessing a half-mile stretch of the road from Oxford Circus to Orchard Street between noon and 8pm on Sunday for the event called This Is Oxford Street.