Oxford UK council demands residents get permission to travel in their city - cairnsnews.org

The map shows various low-emission zones and a series of so-called traffic filters designed to limit and control traffic movement.
The initial template for your “global” 15-minute city 1.0 before governments start to get really nasty about “zero emissions”..
WITH Oxford, UK being named as the first ever official 15 Minute City, government planners, media and academics are trying to tell us they are not about people control but all about making “people friendly” cities.
No, you don’t have to get permission to leave home, as the fact-checkers insist. Technically that is correct, it’s you just that Oxford residents, for instance, have to have council permission to use certain roads for a set number of times every year, otherwise you will be instantly fined.
In Oxford, and a growing list of other council areas, there is no longer absolute freedom to travel when are where you want. Your movement requires permission being given by government authorities. And of course, it’s all for the …