The europhile Liberal ‘Democrats’ want cars out of Oxford Street in London with a tram line built instead. Livingstone, a supporter of the EU, also considered pedestrianisation of Oxford Street, when he was Labour Party Mayor of London.
Pedestrianisation and the introduction of trams are seen by some as european continental concepts.
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More on suggestions of pedestrianisation and trams in Oxford Street in the reports on the links below.
A London Assembly committee report has said that removing buses from the shopping area in the middle of the capital might be a good thing according to the report on the link given below:
BBC News - Oxford Street bus ban 'would ease congestion'
Europhile Livingstone, when Labour Mayor of London, considered the idea of removing buses from Oxford Street replacing them with trams according to the report on the link below:
BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | Mayor's Oxford Street tram vision
News of a traffic-free day on Oxford Street and Regent Street in the report on the link below:
BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | Traffic ban to pack in shoppers
In 2006, the europhile Liberal ‘Democrats’ in London called for a ban on traffic in Oxford Street by 2009 and the introduction of trams there by 2013 according to the article on the link given below:
BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | Mayor's Oxford Street tram vision
Here is a link to another report about the Liberal ‘Democrats’ in the capital backing the idea of a traffic-free Oxford Street:
BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | Call to rid Oxford St of traffic


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