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Oxford, UK, was one of the first to announce a scheme where car owners will be fined for driving outside of their local area. The first low traffic neighbourhoods (“LTNs”) were introduced in Church Cowley, Temple Cowley and Florence Park areas in March 2021. These LTNs are collectively known as the east Oxford LTNs.
Despite receiving a backlash to their unpopular plans, the council is pressing forward.
“Work starts today (26 February) on Oxford streets to prepare for six traffic filters as part of a trial approved by Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet in November 2022,” Oxfordshire County Council announced.
To stop prohibited vehicles driving without a permit, the traffic filters or “bus gates” will be monitored by automatic number plate recognition (“ANPR”) cameras. “Residents in Oxford and some areas just outside the city will be able to apply for a permit allowing them to drive through the traffic filters on up to 100 days per year,” the council said.
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Despite an overwhelming objection to the measures, in February 2022, Tim Bearder, the then-cabinet member for highways, recommended making the LTNs permanent. However, Bearder delayed deciding to make them permanent because “it wouldn’t be right for one individual to make a decision in that context” and said it was “appropriate” for its cabinet to make a decision instead.
After the conclusion of a consultation held in May 2022, the council stated that “a decision on whether to make the trial scheme permanent or remove it will be made by the county council’s cabinet in late 2023.”
The council’s overarching plan with the LTNs is to divide Oxford into six districts with strict rules on how often motorists can drive outside their neighbourhood.
In October 2022, The Sunday Times summed up Oxfordshire County Council’s proposed plans: “Oxford’s 150,000 residents will be allowed to use their cars as much as they like within their district and will be given free permits allowing them to drive to other districts on 100 days a year. If they exceed this limit, they will be fined, possibly £70 a journey or a day.”
Duncan Enright, Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet member for travel and development strategy, insisted the controversial 15-minute neighbourhood plan would go ahead “whether people liked it or not.”
Further reading:
- Protestors gather in Oxford to demonstrate their disapproval of draconian 15-minute neighbourhoods
- Council claims it is a “Victim of Abuse” following new Policy to enforce Climate Lockdowns without consent of the Public
The LTN “trial” comprised motor vehicles and motorbikes restricted access by road bollards and planters. These physical barriers were placed in the Divinity Road, St Clement’s and St Mary’s areas of east Oxford, a road in each of the LTN areas. According to the council’s website, “If the east Oxford LTNs remain in place and the use of automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras is approved, the cameras will enforce restrictions that are currently enforced using planters and bollards.” It continues:
The cameras will check the number plates of all vehicles passing through the restricted area during operational times, and cross-reference them against the exemptions list. If a vehicle is on the exemptions list, then the traffic authority will take no further action. If a vehicle is not on the exemptions list, the video clip will be reviewed by an enforcement officer, who may then issue a penalty charge notice (PCN) to the registered owner of the vehicle.
What is ANPR and how might it work to enforce a low traffic neighbourhood restriction?, FAQs, Oxfordshire County Council
The council claimed it would conduct a full analysis of the impact of the east Oxford LTNs which was expected to be published in October 2023 to support the cabinet decision on whether the LTNs should become permanent.
On the council’s webpage ‘Consultation documents’, there is no report – except for a snapshot monitoring and evaluation report dated June 2023 which provides a partial evaluation of the effects of the east Oxford Low LTNs since their implementation on 20 May 2022. Neither could we find a “full analysis” by searching the website for “LTN impact,” “LTN assessment” or “LTN evaluation.” However, reporting on the council’s decision, cycling news outlet Road linked to THIS report by Bill Cotton, Corporate Director Environment & Place, to the cabinet.
In October 2023, Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet agreed to continue the controversial traffic measures in Divinity Road, St Mary’s and St Clement’s. The cabinet consisting of Liberal Democrat and Green councillors also decided that ANPR cameras would replace the physical barriers in Divinity Road, James Street and Magdalen Road. ANPR cameras are sometimes referred to as “traffic filters” or “bus gates” and are part of the Central Oxfordshire Travel Plan and Oxfordshire’s Local Transport and Connectivity Plan.
Further reading: Additions to technocrats’ surveillance toolkit: Microfliers, human-computer networks and AI
Meanwhile, as Road reported, the LTNs had become the epicentre of what some have described as a “civil war” in Oxford and the subject of protests, vandalism, arson attacks and television documentaries.
“Oxfordshire County Council’s plans are ill-thought out, they’re making a huge mistake, they’re devastating people’s lives, they need to be stopped and fast,” Clinton Pugh said in early 2023.
Pugh is one of the many independent business owners in Cowley Road that the council is cutting off with LTNs. Cowley Road runs along all three of the “trial” LTN areas.
With their ill-conceived plan, the council has inhibited customers and deliveries to these independent businesses.
“Considering hardly any of the councillors actually live in Oxford, they’re not the ones that are putting up with this horrendous situation they’ve created,” he said. “They’re actually going to try and make things worse by introducing bus gates now which, of course, when that segregation happens.”
Little more has been heard about Oxford’s LTNs until a post on Twitter on Sunday.
To which a user who is either paid, ignorant or brainwashed responded:
And another one:
Yesterday, Oxfordshire County Council announced: “Work starts today (26 February) on Oxford streets to prepare for six traffic filters as part of a trial approved by Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet in November 2022.”
Early electrical works this week will take place overnight near the filter points at Hollow Way, Hythe Bridge St, St Cross Road, St Clements, Marston Ferry Road and Thames Street. One night of work is needed at each of the six locations.
In March, contractors will also clear vegetation on Thames Street island and complete survey work.
Councillor Judy Roberts, Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Infrastructure and Development Strategy, said … “We are preparing to begin the trial when Network Rail’s work to improve the railway station is complete in autumn. We’ll keep disruption to a minimum as essential work is done to install signs and electrics over the coming months.
“During the traffic filters trial period, residents can share their views in a public consultation to help the council evaluate the success of the project before a decision is made about whether to continue with it.”
The trial is due to start in October this year, after Network Rail’s work to improve Oxford Station is complete. Before then, contractors working on behalf of the council are installing signage and cameras in stages until September, with most work expected in May and June. Disruption will be kept to a minimum but some traffic control will be needed to ensure safety.
Street work starts in preparation for traffic filters trial, Oxfordshire County Council, 26 February 2024
Oxford is disregarding lessons learnt in London. In 2021, it was announced that seven of London’s LTNs were to be scrapped after they were found to increase local congestion and caused “no material change in air quality.”
As reported by Daily Mail, the then Transport Secretary Grant Shapps previously announced the scheme – which plans for 200 LTNs across the country – is to receive hundreds of millions of pounds as part of the Government’s so-called “green transport revolution.”
The LTNs were brought in during the covid shutdown in 2020 to redirect traffic away from residential areas, which involved installing cycle lanes, closing off roads to through traffic and widening pavements.
However, a year after being introduced, seven out of the nine LTNs in Ealing had “no data available on whether there has been an impact on walking and cycling,” according to a report.
Ealing Council even discovered an increase in traffic on one road within the Acton LTN, as well as an increase in cars travelling on its boundary roads. While five of the seven LTNs did inevitably experience a reduction in traffic on residential streets inside the scheme, “increased congestion” was created on nearby streets.
According to the Daily Mail, the damning report challenged the Government’s repeated claims that LTNs are a popular idea among the public.
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They know full well they are not making a mistake – it’s all according to plan – and as Clint Pugh observed this only worked during the plandemic lockdown – however, that was just a trial run for the future when they want to lock us down for whatever reason – such as omissions hitting an arbitrary figure etc. etc. People need to make a stand and have their voice heard.
Yes they know what they are doing.
People need to stand for election on the policy of removing these restrictions and if enough people can get elected then you reverse all of these policies. If the current WEF puppets say that is not right … have a referendum by the people for the people to reverse all policies that do not benefit people.
So what do peple want? … That is the power of a referendum.
And referendums are the way to go on all social policies right now and needed because those you elect no longer represent you.
Non authority stands above the authority of a man or woman.
A National Government for England, by the people for the people (men and women) is already in place.
Referendums are for slaves begging/pleading to the slave masters.
https://theenglishcountiesassembly.co.uk/
Fuck it. I’m off to Spain.
if people knew that they were men and women travelling in their conveyances and not persons driving vehicles (ie not dealing in commerce) then none of this would matter!
Do those “men and women” hold a drivers license with a fictitious NAME on it?
Do those “men and women” have a bank account with another fictitious NAME attached to it?
Do those “men and women” hold debit/credit cards with another form of a fictitious NAME/s on them?
Do those “men and women” receive utility bills sent to another form of a fictitious NAME?
Are those “men and women” so confused they don’t know who they are any more?
Nobody can claim to be a “man or woman” when all the documentation they hold and mail they open, are of multiple fictitious names. None of which identify the holder as a “man or woman”.
“Men and women” do not pay taxes. Yet all those pretend “men and women” do so because they believe they are the fictitious NAME those tax demands are meant for.
None of this would matter if “men and women” would stop pretending to be multiple fictitious NAME’s and actually be men and women.
The woes of the people and the world would cease when all this pretending ceases.
When the “man or woman” no longer wants to be all these fictitious NAME’S, they must record there status as an actual man or woman via Public Record.
In England, it can be done here although not yet fully functional:
https://theenglishcountiesassembly.co.uk/
Globally, recording is done here: https://globalfamilygroup.com/lrps.html
This concept is something worth learning…the difference between Maritime Law, under which we reside, and Natural Law, which appears to be inherent in the Magna Carta, but most people have as yet no idea as to what that all means.
People need to Wake Up fast, because the Commies are here and those Councillors are just following their Masters orders!!
These councillors need reminding who they work for…
If you don’t have standing, then you don’t have a voice to remind them of anything.
Legal fiction persons have zero standing.
Men and women have both standing and ARE the ultimate authority.
They don’t care, they are just soldiers of pushing agendas. They want to take away everything, including your cars and pets.
[…] Oxford ve Spojeném království byl jedním z prvních, kdo oznámil systém, podle kterého budou majitelé aut pokutováni za jízdu mimo jejich místní oblast. První čtvrti s nízkým provozem („LTN“) byly představeny v oblastech Church Cowley, Temple Cowley a Florence Park v březnu 2021. Tyto LTN jsou souhrnně známé jako východní Oxford LTN. […]
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The purpose of a 15min city is to facilitate the eradication of the population. With 5g in place an area can be isolated, then the new enforcers, made up of those able bodied young men (apparently seeking asylum) will move in and exterminate that population.
And they operate with IONIZING RADIATION!
Don’t believe to me, follow Mark Steele!!
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Link is in the picture.
In last nights webinar from the 1hour mark,
https://webinarsearch.americanstatenationals.org/index.php/february-2024/
Fiduciary Anna Von Reitz questions why haven’t the English, Welsh, Irish and Scots hunted down the criminals of Westminster and other entities for all the fraud and criminality they have imposed upon the people and continue to do so on an unimaginable scale.
In her own words, “they must be braindead” just as the Americans once were too.
Truths are shared with the English, Welsh, Scots and Irish for their education of the facts.
Also mentioned in the webinar, is that the banks and other entities are gong to make outrageous monetary claims against all legal fiction persons who have not made their “Declaration of Sovereign Political Status and Claim of Inheritance”.
Ultimately, these entities are after the property/home of the legal fiction person.
And they will get it. Any claim made against these entities by a legal fiction person, will result in loss of home, huge fine and a lengthy prison sentence.
Anna has given the remedy in the webinar.
But first, legal fiction persons must make their “Declaration of Sovereign Political Status and Claim of Inheritance”, or they assuredly face homelessness at the very least.
The roads and infrastructure of the U.K. were and are still financed through Taxation.
With minor exceptions ALL roads must be accessible to all motorists.
The “elites” (parasites) plan is to remove most motorists from the roads, onto public transport and have the roads clear for THEIR use.
It’s time for people to REFUSE restrictions on their travel and movements.
No ROADS?
No Taxation!
Public roads are public roads. They are not the property of a fictitious Corporation going by the name of “UK”.
All “taxation” goes towards paying for the interest on debts belonging to Corporations masquerading as Governments.
EVs are NOT zero emissions: It takes 500,000 pounds of earth material to build a single 1,000-pound battery – NaturalNews.com
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(Natural News) The idea that electric vehicles (EVs) are somehow good for the environment is an absolute joke.
Energy analyst Mark P. Mills dropped a few bombshells this week debunking the myth that Teslas and other heaps of electric junk are “clean” or “green.” Truth be told, EVs are far worse for the environment than internal combustion engine vehicles that run on gasoline or petrol.
“You have to dig up about 500,000 pounds of materials to make a single 1,000-pound battery,” said Mills, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a faculty fellow at Northwestern University‘s McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Mills went on to reveal the obscene amount of oil – yes, petroleum – it also takes to produce that same 1,000-pound battery for an EV.
“It takes 100 to 300 barrels of oil to manufacture a battery that can hold one barrel of oil equivalent of energy,” he stated – watch the video below from the Manhattan Institute to learn more:
No, such a thing as a ZERO emission vehicle about time someone said something publicly
https://twitter.com/i/status/1570043024075366402
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Non compliance required. If 100% of the population declined to participate what can they do? Arrest everybody?
Government in a ‘Democracy’ is meant to work FOR the population, according to what the population desires, NOT to satisfy the ‘representatives desires’, who’s desires are often paid for by large corporations or the desires of top (bought) politicians, or the desire of some overly wealthy individual, such as Bill Gates, or Soros or any other would be god! The same applies to local councils…they are PUBLIC SERVANTS and if they don’t wish to be so, they should get another job as they are NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE if they do not work to do their best for the population they are meant to represent!
At present both government and local council members are acting as if THEIR desires and decision should be implemented…well ‘they’ have it completely wrong and, as wrong only lasts so long, they are headed for a major fall.
Whilst some ideas being promulgated by some of the control freaks might well be good ideas (if they were ever implemented!), such as environmental ones that are based on genuine well researched info; all ideas need to be examined and not tossed to one side because of who puts them out, but their implementation needs to be reliant on what the population decide upon…that is as long as that population have ALL the facts about any issue…not something that has ever yet occurred in our so called democracy; we are all so passive in accepting the stupidities put into being by what appear to be corporate puppets.
Nuff said! Time for us all to take hold of the responsibility for the directions taken by ‘government’, who should simply be ‘managers’ with suitable qualifications for whichever job they take up on behalf of us all, hireable and fireable according to track record, is the way we could all decide to take. Everyone would be happier, even those very rich bods who live in fear of loosing what they have (which makes them the control freaks they are). They are so unimaginative of positive directions, they aught to be ashamed of themselves!
[…] This article was originally published by Rhoda Wilson at The Daily Exposé. […]
Hi Rhoda,
Your article was mentioned on, Before it’s News, 29 Feb, at 38.25.
Read the Beforeitsnews.com story here.
Hi Dave, thank you for mentioning it. I’ve looked and found it on their site.
The reporting is somewhat biased …. “a scheme where car owners will be fined for driving outside of their local area“. This is simply not true, drivers can leave Oxford and drive anywhere they want. The restriction is that people who do not live inside any area cannot drive into it. They can walk into it, they can catch a bus into it, but in order to reduce the amount of traffic only residents have free access into it in their cars. Even this isn’t quite true because if they register their vehicles, then people from outside my area can come in and park 2 days out of every 7, every weekend for example.