I'm yet to see a majority support from businesses when pedestrianization efforts begin(18% in this case), but they always do a 180 when they see sales growth

Good article but this shouldn't be framed as a traffic ban. The street is not being closed for cars: it's being opened for people.

I think Oxford Street only allows busses and taxis, so private cars aren't going down there anyway. Still a good move though.

The reason the mayor is pushing this through over the Councils is that Councils don't want to upset car owners while the mayor needs some actual change to happen so the city can recover from all the damage done by car drivers.

I loved the classic complaints. "What about grannies, parents, and people with heavy shopping!?!?". I dunno, maybe we use some of the solutions other places have affected in the last decades for them? There's other forms of mobility other than driving your car and walking. Do what England does best: go overseas and steal stuff to use at home. You'll be fine. People survived before cars and can do so again.