REPLACING BUSES * UK - Ken: I will do in Oxford St with trams
Ken Livingstone has unveiled plans to ban all vehicles from Oxford Street, including buses, and install a shuttle tram
London,UK -The Evening Standard, by Katharine Barney -28 Feb 2008: -- ... The £200million move will effectively pedestrianise one of London's busiest shopping streets... The project, which will be paid for by two new commercial blocks at the western end of Oxford Street, will also see areas of Marble Arch grassed over and become part of Hyde Park... Mr Livingstone hoped to start work on the the tram system after the 2012 Olympics, with the scheme to be completed by 2018... (An end to gridlock: Ken Livingstone wants to phase out taxis and buses from Oxford Street. His plan would also grass over parts of Marble Arch, merging it into Hyde Park)Labels: replacing buses
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