Cars will be banished from miles of streets in central London to encourage more walking and cycling and help public transport cope with social distancing restrictions, the city's mayor said on Friday.
LONDON - Cars will be banished from miles of streets in central London to encourage more walking and cycling and help public transport cope with social distancing restrictions, the city’s mayor said on Friday.
“COVID-19 poses the biggest challenge to London’s public transport network in TfL’s history,” he said. Earlier on Friday, the transport operator said it had secured 1.6 billion pounds in government funding to cover a shortfall in revenue until October.
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