The 15 Minute City: Permeant Climate Lockdowns Under Climate Change Agenda By James Reed
The 15-minute city concept is taking off in Europe, and will soon be coming to a city near you. The propaganda is that cars in various cities will be limited, for the little people, who will only be able to use their cars in said cities for a certain limited time each year. The 15-minute thing is that use of public transport will enable one to do all that is needed in 15 minutes, or so they say. Those who exceed the limited car use will be fined, but all this is just a test ground for eliminating cars, full stop. It is simply another Fabian strategy.
We said after the success that the totalitarian elites had in locking down the population in their home-grown cages would lead to climate lockdowns, and that is precisely what we are seeing. So, what can be done about this? People need to use their voice and tell others what is happening, so that opposition can be made.
The main problem is that people may not believe it. But, believe it. And once they have this in, the next step is the elimination of private cars, while of course, the elites keep their private jets to go to climate change conferences to cook up demonic stuff like this. Opposition to the climate change mania requires the ordinary people realising that the polices are not abstract, but will severely impact upon them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxV7cIuHZVA
https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/10/25/the-madness-of-the-15-minute-city/
“Most people will know Oxford as Britain’s oldest seat of learning – but, according to The Sunday Times, it is better ‘known to its residents for its gridlocked traffic’. In past decades, town planners might have looked at this problem of high levels of congestion and drawn up plans for new and wider roads. But today planners are gripped by an anti-car ideology. Their focus is less on helping people get around than in reducing our use of cars by any means necessary.
To this end, Oxfordshire County Council, which is run by Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party, wants to divide the city of Oxford into six ‘15 minute’ districts. In these districts, it is said, most household essentials will be accessible by a quarter-of-an-hour walk or bike ride, and so residents will have no need for a car.
On the surface, these 15-minute neigbourhoods might sound pleasant and convenient. But there is a coercive edge. The council plans to cut car use and traffic congestion by placing strict rules on car journeys. Under the new proposals, if any of Oxford’s 150,000 residents drives outside of their designated district more than 100 days a year, he or she could be fined £70.
Do not leave your allotted zone, at least most of the time – that is the policy. Or it could soon be after Oxfordshire County Council decides on the matter on 29 November. Although there is a public consultation that is still ongoing, the council is likely to overrule any objections from residents. Labour councillor Duncan Enright, cabinet member for travel and development strategy, has already declared that the policy is ‘going to happen, definitely’.
Run by a Labour administration, Oxford City Council takes a similar line. Its Local Plan 2040 ‘places a strong emphasis upon the concept of the 15-minute city’. Foremost in its ‘vision and strategy’ is not residents, but the environment. Oxford, we learn, ‘is a human-scale city’. ‘[It] has the potential to enable residents to live in a healthy and sustainable way, for example because of the possibility of travelling by active modes, such as by bike and on foot, which is why it is such a sustainable location for development, including jobs and housing… The environment will be central to everything we do.’ Clearly, Oxford City Council sees the 15-minute-district concept as the key to the city’s flourishing, not just to lowering emissions of CO2 and particulates.”
Here is some background, showing that the 15-minute city is dressed up to look like it is some kind of environmentally friendly urban proposal. But, it will be any thing but that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15-minute_city
“A 15-minute city is a residential urban concept in which most daily necessities can be accomplished by either walking or cycling from residents' homes.[1][2][3][4][5] The concept (see also the New Urbanism of the 1980s) is present, among many, in D'Acci's Isobenefit Urbanism since 2013 [1] ("The Isobenefit Urbanism approach aims to create cities in which each dweller can do her/his usual main daily activities by walking or at maximum biking" [1]) was popularized by Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo and inspired by French-Colombian scientist Carlos Moreno who in 2016 coined the term.[6] 15-minute cities are built from a series of 5-minute neighborhoods, also known as complete communities or walkable neighborhoods.[7] The concept has been described as a "return to a local way of life".[8]
The 15-minute city concept is derived from historical ideas about proximity and walkability, such as Clarence Perry's controversial neighborhood unit, or the 15-minute city of Isobenefit Urbanism (2013, 2014, 2019).[9][10][11] As inspiration for the 15-minute city, Moreno cited Jane Jacobs's model presented in The Death and Life of Great American Cities.[12][13][14]
Paris's mayor Anne Hidalgo included a plan to implement the 15-minute city concept during her 2020 re-election campaign.[15]
The climate crisis and global COVID-19 pandemic combined to accelerate consideration and implementation of the 15-minute city.[13] In July 2020, the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group published a framework for cities to "build back better" using the 15-minute concept, referring specifically to plans implemented in Milan, Madrid, Edinburgh, and Seattle after COVID-19 outbreaks.[16] The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group report highlights the importance of inclusive community engagement through mechanisms like participatory budgeting and adjusting city plans and infrastructure to encourage dense, complete, overall communities.[16]
A manifesto published in Barcelona in April 2020 proposed radical change in the organization of cities in the wake of COVID-19, and was signed by 160 academics and 300 architects. The proposal has four key elements: reorganization of mobility, (re) naturalization of the city, de-commodification of housing, and de-growth.[17][18][19]
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