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If I were king for a day Id ask everyone to abandon their car
Nov 14th 2014, 16:57, by Jon Snow

Imagine the joy as my people reclaim the streets, running, walking and cycling

It is midnight, the chimes of Big Ben ring in the ears of the Westminster workers setting up the pedestrian-only zone that extends from Lambeth Bridge to Trafalgar Square and from the Houses of Parliament to Buckingham Palace. As king, I shall join my people on foot and bicycle for the duration of my 24-hour ban on private cars in central London. Delivery trucks have until 7am to make their deliveries, and only then by prior permission.

I have asked the mayor of London to use the computer-controlled traffic light system to set them all to amber. I have also ordered the system used for tracking the positions of buses to be deployed to ensure no bunching so that when you see one number 24 you dont see three at once.

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