It’s Started: Oxford Imposing ’15-Minute City’ Driving Limits With Fines For Going Outside Your Zone

Remember when we were warning you that “15-Minute Cities” were not just about ensuring that you CAN live in a nice, walkable, and convenient city, but rather that they were about restricting mobility and controlling where you are able to go?

Naah, we were told, that is conspiracy theory thinking. Next you will tell us that the elite wants us to “own nothing and be happy,” just like the communists promised. 

Well, sorry to tell you this, but we were right. Again. 

It’s getting tedious, especially since the “I told you so” never gets followed up with, “you’re right, we have to fight back.” Instead, the liberal jerks who voted for this ask for more totalitarianism. 

🔴 The idea will see a person being able to access amenities within a quarter of an hour, but could result in traffic restrictions for drivers

Find out more ⬇️https://t.co/KBWWp4A7lo pic.twitter.com/jJv1XaqnBb

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 24, 2026

Remember, as bad as this is, it is just the beginning. I’ve been watching the creeping destruction of mobility here in the US, where first there were bike lanes taking away parking, then taking entire lanes of traffic, then proposals to close throughways and make them two-lane “walkable” streets, and we even had a proposal to close down the Interstate connection between Minneapolis and St Paul (so far, that has yet to move forward after people screamed bloody murder). 

Oxford, that happy little berg hosting the eponymous university, is rolling out its 15-minute city plan, and it sure is a nice start to the movement. 

Labour has approved a rollout of “Stalinist” 15-minute cities across the UK, The Telegraph can reveal.

Ministers have said that they will allow councils to use driver licence databases to impose fines on drivers who fall foul of “traffic filters”, which restrict driving in certain areas.

The controls on motorists, which are to be implemented for the first time in Oxford city centre later this year, have been described as “perverse” by motor groups.

The 15-minute city is based on the idea that a person can access amenities within a quarter of an hour by walking or cycling. In some cases, this could result in traffic restrictions being brought in for drivers.

What sort of restrictions? After all, I thought this was about making it easier for people to get access to the goods and services they need without long drives. 

Under the scheme, drivers would need a residents’ permit that allows 100 days of free travel per year through six traffic filters during operating hours.

Meanwhile, a separate permit allows 25 days of free travel per year through six congestion charge locations during charging hours, and after this, drivers face fines if they travel without the relevant permission.

Greg Smith, shadow transport minister, said: “This is the blueprint for a national rollout. Labour has given the green light for draconian councils like Oxfordshire to police how people live, move and drive, using cameras and fines backed by DVLA data.

“Oxford is the test case, but this is Labour’s blueprint for the country.”

Yes, you read that one right. One permit you must apply for is for “100 days free travel,” and another for 25 days through another set of roads. 

Break the rules to drive more, and you get punished. 

“Stalinist” is a bit hyperbolic, for the moment, since the punishments are fines (although presumably failure to pay could land you in jail, I suppose), but this is just the opening bid. How long until the access will be gated? How long until complaining online will get you a visit from the police, as happens all day, every day for similar offenses?

IT’S HAPPENING.

🚨 Oxford just capped how often residents are allowed to drive.

You now get 100 free days per year passing through camera-controlled zones.
Go over → automatic fines from the county council.

Expanded areas? As few as 25 days a year.

This isn’t a one-off. It’s… pic.twitter.com/PhswEMSarF

— Jake (@JakeCan72) January 29, 2026

🚨 Oxford just capped how often residents are allowed to drive.

You now get 100 free days per year passing through camera-controlled zones.

Go over → automatic fines from the county council.

Expanded areas? As few as 25 days a year.

This isn’t a one-off. It’s a preview.

Under C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group planning targets:

•   Meat: ~16 kg per person per year, with the long-term goal trending to zero

•   Flights by 2030: 0–1 short-haul flights per person per year

•   Cars: sharply reduced private vehicle use inside cities

Officials call it sustainability.

Critics call it managed movement and consumption becoming policy.

At the same time:

•   Multiple U.S. cities are studying similar traffic-restriction models

•   A Gates-backed smart city is already building core infrastructure in Arizona (full build still years out)

Climate progress… or hunger games?

Of course, liberals will tell us that we are hyperventilating over nothing. This is just a quality-of-life thing, and we should be happy about it. Nobody will get punished; you will still get to drive. And if you can’t, well, that is good too. Really, if you oppose it you SHOULD go to jail. Opposing it is stochastic terrorism, you Nazi!

Remember when I told you that the elite want you to eat bugs, and that in Europe several insect ingredients have been approved for human consumption? 

Conspiracy theory!

Yeah, well, no. People are now having to scan ingredient lists to find out if the complicated-named ingredients are really bugs. 

You vill eat ze bugs! 🇩🇪🪲Germans have developed an app that allows you to scan products, identifying insects, which are in all EU stores from today.

“We will not eat insects!”@Slavyangrad pic.twitter.com/9GbwLW8cKM

— Dr Dave Cartland BMedSc MBChB Ex-MRCGP (@CartlandDavid) February 10, 2025

The funny, or not-so-funny, come to think about it, thing is that you can find all these plans advertised on websites like the World Economic Forum, and watch the regulations move forward. It is not some hidden conspiracy. It’s just so evil that nobody quite believes that it is true, and once it is done, the liberals believe it really was a good thing anyway. 

Step 1: It’s not really happening

Step 2: Yeah, it’s happening, but it’s not a big deal

Step 3: It’s a good thing, actually

Step 4: People freaking out about it are the real problem

— Rob Henderson (@robkhenderson) June 14, 2021

I’m glad it is Friday. I am burned out, disgusted, and angry, and need a break before the next riot in Minneapolis. 

Yes, they are still happening. 

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