London mayor says traffic ban trial is start of ‘fightback to rescue Oxford Street’

Sadiq Khan hails one-day closure of half-mile stretch to traffic as glimpse to what the future could be like'

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

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.