London Tuesdays
The new Oxford Circus is open!
I really can't explain how exciting this development is. I hate Oxford Circus with the passion of a thousand fiery suns. It's congested with tourists walking slowly while the rest of us are just trying to get to the tube.
The opening of the new diagonal crossing by Big Boris, Mayor o'London:
All I can think of while watching this is poor people on the buses who had no idea what was going on.
Aerial shot, courtesy of the Guardian:
The problem, according to me, was that there were railings on all the corners, effectively corralling people into particular lines of direction. Which is of course useless if you want to get to the tube entrance and not the other side of the street.
This video is from the developers, so full of hard sell, but an interesting take:
I wish the circular theme extended to the pavement as suggested by the video.
Finally, a shot of the traffic on Oxford Street: big red buses.
November 3, 2009 in London Tuesdays | Permalink
Comments
Of course you're excited - it's a circus!
I wille be equivalently excited when the Coles opens 100m from my front door (in "late 2009")
Niall
Posted by: Niall | 4 Nov 2009 07:02:12
Gosh, I didn't realise it was going to be done so quickly! That must make SUCH an improvement, it was always a horrible crossing, and one I often had to make from station exit to John Lewis ;-)
Posted by: knit nurse | 4 Nov 2009 08:53:57
