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I guess it depends if their sole intention is to draw attention to the problem without caring about how they do that. If so then that's probably achieving the aim.
If the intention is to get people onside and encourage people to be more environmentally friendly then blocking a junction that's only open to buses and bikes seems a good way of annoying those who are more likely to be onside and gives out a fairly confusing message of "even if you travel in a more environmentally friendly way we're still going to specifically disrupt that mode of transport".
I'd have thought that blocking major intersections to private traffic was the kind of aim that XR would have and support. Maybe I've misunderstood that.
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Why would it be an own goal?
The point of the protest is to cause disruption by direct action and bring attention to the issues that XR want to highlight. Outside the bank of England is a pretty good place to do that.
Disruption to the day to day is the goal because XR is trying to highlight that normal service can't be resumed. So if some public transport gets diverted and causes a traffic jam, bringing attention to the issues to many people and the authorities, that's not an own goal, that's the whole point of it.