24/11/2025
An idiotic idea created by an idiotic man. Sadiq Khanβs bid to pedestrianise Oxford Street will turn the thoroughfare into a haven for shoplifters, muggers and criminal gangs, local residents have warned.
The Marylebone Association, which represents local residents and businesses, said that rather than creating the βworld-class boulevardβ touted by the London Mayor, the plan will add to soaring crime rates on Europeβs busiest shopping street.
Branding the proposals βdangerous, unworkable and catastrophic for the surrounding neighbourhoodsβ, the association said they would make the shopping district a βmagnetβ for miscreants.
Responding to the proposals, the association said: βThe scheme solves nothing and creates new risks on an unprecedented scale.
βRemoving traffic removes natural surveillance, turning the street into an open stretch vulnerable to gangs, rough sleeping, illegal trading and street crime.
The association said that while βOxford Street may be car-free, its neighbours will not beβ with taxis, delivery vehicles and buses forced onto residential streets.
It said that Oxford Street β home to more than 300 stores including flagship branches of John Lewis, Selfridges and Marks & Spencer β will meanwhile become a βno-go zoneβ for elderly and disabled shoppers, who would face a walk up to 400 metres from relocated bus stops.
Also, almost half of all shops on the street have no rear access, so deliveries and rubbish collections would be pushed into side streets and need to be rigidly timetabled.
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