Oxford Street in central London, looking along the shopping street. Politics London's Oxford Street goes traffic-free as first pedestrian phase begins Mono Scoops 2d Almost a kilometre of Oxford Street, from Orchard Street to Great Portland Street, became traffic-free on October 26, barring buses, taxis, cycles and other vehicles from London's busiest shopping street in the first phase of a long-debated pedestrianisation. Read Full Story