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After years of planning and controversy, one of the world's busiest shopping streets has now been pedestrianised.
All traffic - including cars, buses, taxis and bikes - are now banned from a stretch of Oxford Street nearly a kilometre long.
There'll also eventually be more greenery and public squares for events.
But will banning traffic from London's Oxford Street really bring more shoppers? Or are there other challenges, such as online shopping or crime?
What will it actually take to save Oxford Street?
In this video:
0:00 Intro
0:25 The final bus on Oxford Street
1:08 What's changing?
3:00 Will it make things harder?
4:35 What would make you come here?
5:41 The bigger picture
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