Oxford Street pedestrianisation - after

Two weeks before Oxford Street was pedestrianised I rode buses up and down the selected stretch to see how long it took. Two weeks afterwards I've been back with my stopwatch to do the same. The question I wanted to answer was "how much longer does it take?" What I did • I went to Oxford Street late on a Friday morning. • I rode the 94, 98, 139 and 390 once in both directions. • I rode from the stop before the closure to the stop after. • I timed the journey and counted how many times a red light stopped us. Here are the times I got pre-pedestrianisation. 94eastMarble Arch → Oxford Circus1.1km8m 10s(5 red lights) 98eastMarble Arch → Oxford Circus1.3km7m 40s(5 red lights) 390eastMarble Arch → Oxford Circus1.3km7m 00s(5 red lights) 94westOxford Circus → Marble Arch1.1km8m 10s(8 red lights) 98westOxford Circus → Marble Arch1.2km10m 10s(8 red lights) 390westOxford Circus → Marble Arch1.4km9m 50s(8 red lights) 8 minutes, then, was a decent average for bussing along Oxford Street. I didn't…

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