15 Minute Cities

[Ashy]

We need to take notice of this. The UN and WEF have decreed that we shall have 15 minute cities, and we have advanced plans appearing in London, Canterbury and Oxford, although there are probably plans for each and every city, and nobody should assume it won't apply to them.

They are talking about limiting the number of times we can leave our neighbourhood.

They have already blocked up roads and either erected barriers or CCTV chceckpoints.

In my opinion we have to resist this with every fibre of our being. The people behind this are stark raving mad.

They are portraying it in our ghetto neighbourhood as "regeneration", which it isn't.

[Diasi]

Newham are planning one.

https://bit.ly/3jvoeod

[Michael Rolls]

I have a horrible feeling that this is a planner's dream, a resident's nightmare

[Ashy]

Yes it's not a conspiracy theory, they are taking orders.
Any councillors reading this, how about representing the people who pay your allowances.

[Michael Rolls]

if they improve local amenities, fair enough - but my expectation is that any improvement will probably be short lived and accompanied by an increase in teh community charge

[Ashy]

Their idea of improvements is weird sculptures and community murals and assorted vanity projects.

[GrannyMac]

The suburb I live in already has all these things within 15 minutes. The furthest is the hospital, about 15 minutes by bus.  I can walk to GP, shops including chemists, schools, FE college, leisure centre with pool, library, entertainment venue, park, in less than ten minutes.  Town centre is 15 minutes by tram. I'm pretty sure there are parts of lots of major cities that are the same. 

[klondike]

It's the confining folk to the bit they live in that is an assault on our liberty. That is what must be resisted.

[GrannyMac]

I must have missed the bit that said we wouldn't be allowed out.

[klondike]

That one maybe doesn't spell it out. I first read of this a couple of weeks back in relation to Oxford. I assume the controls on movement will be common to all these schemes. They spotted how willing everybody seemed to be to submit to draconian controls on freedom of movement with lockdown. All they need to is declare that Covid is back with a vengeance or come up with some other excuse.

[Ashy]

Thanks for the link Klodike.

At first the plan is to limit movements by private cars but with facial recognition already established and the fact that the WEF/UN/Local council is stark raving power mad, it won't be long. This has to stop now.

[Scrumpy]

I think it is a brilliant idea..  People SHOULD be 'kept in their place'.. 
 However, you will always get those that are 'curious' as to what others have.. and they will wander..  That is when the 'fighting' starts..

[Diasi]

I must have missed the bit that said we wouldn't be allowed out.

It's a load of mischievous misinformation.

Oxford has massive traffic congestion problems so the planners, in 2015, introduced traffic filtering systems & this is just part of that scheme.

Only being allowed out of your area for 100 days a year doesn't exist, the proposed plan will require cars to travel to other parts of Oxford via a ring road & not slap bang through the congested areas when the traffic filtering is operating but residents will be allowed to travel slap bang through the congested zones, at filtering times, up to a 100 times per year & permits will be issued if they need to travel through congestion zones more than 100 times when the filtering system is operating.

https://bit.ly/3G1xSXn

[klondike]

As many children are no longer placed in their local schools they are driven to their placement by parents. Often for those with two children that will be two different schools in different areas. Local authorities seem to be careful not to exceed 3 miles which would mean they would be required to lay on buses but from what I've seen with my own grandchildren they do seem to get very close to that making walking impractical.

School run times here are absolute chaos and these local authority created journeys will eat up the 100 allowed (except for the rich who probably already have several Chelsea tractors and can rotate which one they use). Once that limit is used they will then be driving miles out of their way but with the same start and end points so I can't see that huge amounts of congestion will be avoided.

If the solution is to limit freedom of choice then to my mind it shows a lack of imagination on the part of those producing it.

[Raven]

I hope this is not planned for Scotland as well, it's a disgraceful idea, I for one will certainly not be able to adhear to it.