At some point in 2024, six streets at the entrance to Oxford city centre will restrict private car traffic during the central hours of the day. The measure will have a trial period of a few months to promote the use of public transport, cycling and walking.
It is not yet clear when the scheme will be launched: It was planned for January, 2024, but some works on a bridge near the railway station mean it is likely to be postponed. In any case, it is a pilot test for about six months before a more conclusive decision is made.Jordan Peterson, a Canadian psychologist, professor and far-right “hero” for his crusades against feminism and vaccines, has called the plan a “fascist madness” that will stop Britain from being “a free country.
In the U.K., the closest thing to the Heartland Institute is called the Global Warming Policy Foundation, a group founded by Nigel Lawson, a Tory and finance minister under Margaret Thatcher, British prime minister from 1979-90, and which lobbies against the climate policy of his own party’s government. “Both organizations play a central role in creating a semblance of credibility for climate denialism,” Ms. King explains. “They have a very well-developed media network within the U.K.
In fact, it all started with an idea from the government of Boris Johnson, the British prime minister who resigned in 2022, where green transition aid was approved at the start of the pandemic. Oxford decided to try limiting traffic on some streets, encouraged by the availability of public money. Prof.
Mr. Corbyn’s case is no exception, as many anti-vaccine campaigners have now turned to the fight against climate policies. Ms. King, the fake news expert, blames the growth of these groups on the pandemic: “It had the effect of boosting an already well-developed disinformation ecosystem. Disinformation thrives in times of public crisis. And the pandemic has had profound collateral effects, not just the economic downturn, but also changes in the workforce, in health, in people’s relationships.
“The filters will create chaos in the ring road and outlying areas, so the city centre will become a ‘no-go’ zone. Many of our customers live in Oxford, but use the car to pick up cakes,” Mr. Jones told. One of his two cake shops is on a pedestrianized street since 2021, but he says that in this case it has had no discouraging effect on visitors because it is not an essential thoroughfare and there are places nearby to park and pick up cakes. Mr.
So it’s not a conspiracy theory that 15 min cities will limit car use? Good to know. But you may want to brush up on basic logic.
These nonsense measures will have devastating effects on the economy and livelihood of this city. That's not a conspiracy theory, that's a fact. But for the Globe, everything that doesn't fit their narrative is a conspiracy theory. Can't fix stupid.