Pedestrianisation - is it good for cities and towns

6 Minute English

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2017-11-02

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  • Hello, I'm Rob and welcome to Six Minute English, where today we're chatting about a pedestrian topic and six items of related vocabulary.

  • Hello, I'm Neil.

  • A pedestrian is someone who walks around rather than travelling by car or bus, but in Rob's sentence he used the adjective and in this context it means dull or uninteresting.

  • And of course I was making a pun Neil, because of course the show is going to be extremely interesting.

  • It's about safety on the streets, and where the pedestrianisation is a good thing or not.

  • Pedestrianisation means changing a street into an area that can only be used by pedestrians.

  • Well it sounds like a good idea, no traffic,

  • less noise and air pollution, and no chance of getting knocked down by a car or a bus.

  • There are plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street, which is one of the busiest shopping streets in London.

  • That's right, the Mayor of London wants to tackle or make an effort to deal with air pollution in this very busy spot, where the amount of traffic is definitely a problem.

  • In fact, can you tell me, Neil, what's the average speed of a bus travelling along Oxford Street?

  • Is it a 4.6 miles per hour?

  • B 14.6 miles per hour?

  • Or C 46 miles per hour?

  • And I think it's 14.6 miles per hour.

  • A sounds too slow and C sounds too fast.

  • Okay, we'll find out the answer later on.

  • The problem is, the traffic doesn't just disappear,