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..pretty convincing apparently @StuF
..below stolen from Time Out online article just now @Former-Member lol
"What does Oxford have to do with all this?
In Oxford the situation is a little bit muddled, largely because conspiracy theorists appear to be confused by (or to have deliberately confused) two different local government policies: the city council’s 15-minute-city plans and recent changes to traffic systems.
In its Local Plan 2040, Oxford City Council proposed installing 15-minute neighbourhoods throughout the city over the next 20 years. These plans don’t include restricting people to their local areas, but instead focus on improving infrastructure and increasing mobility within neighbourhoods.
However, Oxfordshire County Council also recently announced traffic-reducing measures throughout the city. From 2024, drivers in Oxford will be encouraged to travel around the city by using the ring road or using public transport, rather than by just driving through it. In a very similar system to Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, the council will hand out fines to those using city-centre roads at certain times. The new policy doesn’t stop you from travelling anywhere, but it does limit where and when you can use a car.
Conspiracy theorists then decided to link these two otherwise unrelated schemes. They claim that Oxford residents will be tracked and fined for driving outside of their local areas. However, there isn’t any evidence (at all) that this will be the case.
Given the huge amount of investment in infrastructure needed to make them a reality, there are plenty of legitimate criticisms to levelled at 15-minute cities. But personal freedom doesn’t really come into it. At the end of the day, a 15-minute city will be one that’s built for humans rather than cars. And that, we’re sure you’ll agree, can only be a good thing – for both us and the planet."
..sheese , its a Ring Road, the work of the Devil, lets go all Far Right on it and say oxford is new north korea, run by Dictator Dan no doubt
..block the people In comrade !!..
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