The one-mile stretch from Oxford Circus to Marble Arch will be free of traffic, including bicycles. The London mayor's office has not specified how buses that use the east-west road will be rerouted.

Scheme appears to be a relaunch of previous 2017 proposals, shared by the mayor without consultation with the local council

Sadiq Khan is set to be given new powers by the Government to enable him to force through the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street. But this will put the mayor on a collision course with Westminster council, which remains opposed to making one of Europe’s most famous shopping streets traffic-free.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, proposes to transform world-famous Oxford Street, in new plans backed by the Government At the heart of the Mayor’s plan

Is London's Oxford Street, the UK's most famous shopping district, about to become pedestrianised? Ross Lydall, The Standard's City Hall Editor and Transport Editor, walks us through the proposed plans and explains why Sadiq Khan is facing a battle against Westminster Council.

This follows the Labour mayor's previous attempt to pedestrianise part of the world-famous shopping street in 2018, which was blocked by the then-Conservative local authority. The

London’s Oxford Street will be pedestrianised under proposals set out on Tuesday by Sadiq Khan, the city’s mayor, as he tries to make the famous thoroughfare “the leading retail destination in the world”.

Mayor of London insists pedestrianising street would provide a “new lease of life” to a shopping hub plagued by pickpockets

New plans to ban traffic on London’s Oxford Street to be unveiled by Sadiq Khan - The Labour mayor’s pedestrianisation proposal is supported by the Government.

Sadiq Khan has announced plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street in a bid to reinvigorate the nation’s “most famous high street” and attract more shoppers. The mayor of London has announced the proposals to turn the road into a traffic-free avenue,