New ideas: when are they ever…..new: Could I post an item similar to this in 2020?*

I am in 2020 mode




I keep seeing ideas that are modern; they are concerned with new science, come about as a result of research or following surveys.

Here are some ideas, most probably talked about at the 2020 summit.


“certain trades should start and finish earlier than others … relieving congestion [on public transport] during peak hours” (1)

Or

“…has just announced a scheme in which early risers will get free train travel to work.
In a bid to ease congestion on Melbourne's overburdened rail system, the 'earlybird' …card will allow commuters to travel free on any train scheduled to arrive at its destination by 7am. (2)
Or


“We build on the outskirts of the outer suburbs. Once more we are in the metropolitan area. So we see the solution [to transport congestion to the city] is not easy. One idea is to form separate communities. This means further extensions in suburbs are prohibited. It is then necessary to define various green belts and possible new centres.
All these ideas go readily to answering our problem of transport and if they are suitable we shall be doing our city a great service.”(3)

Or

"Melbourne’s green wedges are on the brink of destruction. While development has spread out along the transport corridors, there has been increasing pressure on municipal councils to allow development of the green wedges for urban, residential and industrial uses. At least one green wedge is about to be cut in two by residential subdivision: some are at risk of appropriation as transport corridors. Rates on green wedge farmers and conservationist landholders are becoming prohibitive as market valuations increasingly reflect their development potential and as speculators buy in and close down farms and other non-urban enterprises."(4)
Or

"For the first time in Australian planning history, the Victorian Government has announced it will legislate to define the boundary to the urban area and prohibit urban uses in Melbourne’s green belt.
This will make Victoria a world leader in city green-belt preservation. Rural and agricultural uses will be protected.
Australian cities have spread across more than one million hectares of rural land since 1945. On current trends, another 25,000 hectares of rural land will be lost to urban development by 2021." (5)

* Absolutely

(1) Open Door, Swinburne College Magazine, November 1937
(2) The Age , September 2007
(3) Open Door, Swinburne College Magazine, November 1937
(4) The Age, October 2002 – from article by M Buxton
(5) Ibid