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Camden High Street is to ban cars for good only days after Oxford Street, with just 57% backing the move

Camden High Street, where Camden Council's 18-month pedestrianisation trial recorded a 14.4 per cent drop in harmful NO2 levels and zero collisions, is now permanently closed to cars.
Camden High Street, where Camden Council's 18-month pedestrianisation trial recorded a 14.4 per cent drop in harmful NO2 levels and zero collisions, is now permanently closed to cars.

Camden Council has made the pedestrianisation of part of Camden High Street permanent after an 18-month trial, with the announcement coming just days after Oxford Street introduced its own car ban. The closed section extends from Britannia Junction to the junctions with Jamestown Road and Hawley Crescent. Councillor James Slater said the scheme had created "a safer, healthier and more enjoyable space" for residents and visitors alike.

Nitrogen dioxide levels dropped 14.4% across monitoring sites, and the high street recorded zero collisions during the nine months following the start of the trial.

As part of the rollout, Camden Council will put £1 million into community safety officer patrols covering Camden town centres.

The pedestrianised zone could eventually be extended to Camden Lock Bridge, and a new bus lane trial on Kentish Town Road is intended to improve northbound journey times.

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