Tom Edwards

Transport & Environment Correspondent BBC London. DMs Open or [email protected]

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NEW: Politics and pedestrians: How traffic was removed from Oxford Street https://t.co/VBNt10qL2O

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@G_plus_C Intersting

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Stratford International becoming .. er.. International is laudable but it is going to cost a LOT more than £20m. There are 2 international lines so practically how do you load pax & luggage quickly 10 mins after leaving St. Pancras? It would probably need more platforms….1/2

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@trickydicky1976 Local International - like the idea but suspect that restricts pax numbers

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Wouldn’t that impact frequency ?

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@mdw1989 Agree. I did think you could feasibly do that but then domestic services could t stop at Stratford while they load.

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Thoughts welcome !

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I suspect it’s being used as a concept to explain what business rate retention *could* deliver … ???

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Big crowds on Oxford Street.

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Oxford Street now

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I saw many reincarnations of Oxford Street pedestrianisation all thrown the dustbin, so I am a little bit surprised that it has actually happened.

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Been following Oxford Street for ..er.. a while. Some thoughts: What unlocked it was the unprecedented use of a development corporation that removes council powers.
What you see today is just a start real work starts in Spring.
Provision of cycling routes needed…..

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And because of that we won’t see the traffic impact for a while

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And yes Tfl always launches big stuff in half term. Tried and tested.

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@SatanicTaxi @Mattthecab14 Do you watch our output that’s all we do!?? We had Tfl OSDC on radio on Thursday to answer questions for half an hour, they were on TV on Monday and Friday and they will all be on it again next week. Tune in 1830 BBC1

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NEW: Politics and pedestrians: How traffic was removed from Oxford Street https://t.co/VBNt10qL2O

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@woodgnomology @BBCLondonNews Well I disagree with you. It was balanced and if you don’t talk to the opponents you won’t understand why it has taken so long. Thanks for your comment though here’s another piece : Politics and pedestrians: How traffic was removed from Oxford Street https://t.co/VBNt10riSm

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Oxford St pedestrianisation: What you need to know ➡️ https://t.co/KwdlEuGM6D

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Good to speak to @BBCr4today just now on Heathrow’s 3rd runway. If you want to see how they maintain their existing runways .. check out this vid 👇👇👇 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

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Exclusive: How Heathrow resurfaces a runway without stopping flights https://t.co/amopXkuq2R via @YouTube