"Basil Jet" wrote in message
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Mizter T wrote:

Maybe the time has come to do something radical here?

How about the city paying for footbridges with glass walls at 2nd
floor level between various large shops, crossing over Oxford
Street and also over side streets such as Orchard Street.

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Isn't the podium of Centre Point so designed to be ready for when
the Barbican's system of Highwalks is extended all the way to Oxford
Street? I've seen reports that there are other places where one can
see buildings with places to plug the Highwalks in.

The Buchanan report on "Traffic in Towns" had some nice pictures

Jeremy Parker