We tend to forget how permanent and how the current roads are the advantages and disadvantages which they create
Roads are an integral part of the infrastructure of our nation. British colonization in 1788 brought the requirement that any land was divided access to land via a public right of way. The land was often given reluctantly and was rarely part of a bigger transportation plan. Thus, almost from the start, governments should intervene to impose a grander vision than the farm-to-market needs of individual landowners.
If Melbourne was founded in 1836. The first sale of land in 1837 and early 1841 were the boss, Superintendent Charles La Trobe, was reprimanded by the Colonial Secretary in Sydney for not providing adequate access to the properties of the terrain and the lack of adequate planning.
La Trobe responded later in the year by producing a plan with 15 arterial roads of the small new settlement. In one form or another, already exist. We tend to forget how permanent and how the current roads are the advantages and disadvantages which they create.
The La Trobe faced the same problems as the problems we face today. What are the reasonable requirements of the various land transport users? What is the best way to meet those requirements? How will these requirements change over time?