It’s always frustrating when credit is not given where it’s due.
The BBC are reporting on the works to take place at Oxford Circus this year and, along with Westminster, giving credit to Tokyo for the inspiration.
In fact, Balham has had a diagonal crossing for some time (as you can see from the Google Street View below – and the underground is marginally less crowded than Tokyo’s too.
[…] couldn’t help myself back in April when the idea of a diagonal crossing for Oxford Circus was was first publicised, and I cannot help myself now: BALHAM GOT THERE […]