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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ross Lydall

Pop-up car and taxi ban in Bishopsgate could be a fixture

More than 8,000 bike journeys a day were being recorded after cars were banned

(Picture: Will Norman)

One of the most controversial “pop-up” schemes to discourage vehicles in central London will be made permanent if it encourages more people to walk and cycle and does not cause a “significant” increase in other journey times.

TfL launched a six-month consultation on retaining its “Streetspace” scheme in Bishopsgate which has become a key safer cycling route in and out of the Square Mile.

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