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Have you ever actually walked down oxford street?
The pavements are normally crammed, and there are 3 million cars a minute fighting for the road space.
Adding 5x as much space for pedestrians is a fantastic idea.
It'll be a tiny, tiny minority of people not visiting OS because they can't park/taxi/bus to the shop front, and a huge number of people going there because it's a nice experience with no traffic.
Sorry, I weren't looking through my ableist lens properly.
So you think that adding more space for wheelchairs is a bad thing?
Gotcha.
These carbrains always start pearl clutching about the disabled at times like these
I think there are disabled people that aren't able to travel autonomously/independently and that the public transportation available is a godsend to them.
Are you arguing the whole world needs to allow driving up to businesses so disabled people can shop?