We look at the resurrected proposal to pedestrianise Oxford Street from London Mayor Sadiq Khan, and the latest transport news.
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00:00London's mayor has resurrected plans to ban traffic from part of Oxford Street. Sadiq
00:06Khan's proposals, recently submitted to Westminster City Council, include pedestrianising
00:11the stretch between Marble Arch and Oxford Circus, with potential restrictions introduced
00:17further east towards Tottenham Court Road. The new plans depend on the government awarding
00:23the mayor new planning powers. Khan said Oxford Street was once the jewel in the Crown of
00:28Britain's retail sector, but there's no doubt it has suffered hugely over the last
00:33decade. He added, urgent action is needed to give the nation's most famous high street
00:39a new lease of life.
00:42An ambitious plan worth £14 billion to transform Heathrow Airport in the UK is all set to see
00:49the light of day after more than two decades of public debate. A third runway at Heathrow
00:55was first proposed in 2003 and would see an extra 260,000 more flights every year.
01:02However, there is still resistance due to environmental impacts.
01:06Speed restrictions have been introduced on the Automated Docklands Light Railway, also
01:11known as the DLR, after engineers discovered the trains were going too fast on some sections
01:17of the track. The speed limits were brought in after Transport for London engineers found
01:22that there wasn't enough of a safety margin between the speed of the trains and the maximum
01:27recommended speed.
01:29London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said there would be a clampdown in a bid to recoup the £376
01:36million owed to Transport for London in unpaid ultra-low-emission zone fines. Mr Khan told
01:43the London Assembly TfL was not unique in having unpaid penalty charge notices, and
01:49that 96% of vehicles in the capital were compliant with emissions standards so faced no charge.
01:56For more on this, head to londonworld.com