TOWN PLANNING
MEDAL FOR PIONEER AIM OF THE SYSTEM (Received November 25, 6.5 p.m.) British "Wireless RUGBY, Nov. 24 A pioneer town planning expert, Sir Raymond Unwin, was presented with the Ebenezer Howard memorial medal to-day. The Minister of Health, Mr. Walter Elliot, in a speech at the function said one of the most striking ways in which the planned growth of towns had reacted upon the lives of the people was exemplified in transport delays.
Motor transport, instead of speeding up, had slowed down traffic, and now it was often quicker to walk. The horse bus in 1914 carried its passengers between Oxford Circus and Swiss Cottage more quickly than the motor bus did to-day.
Sir Raymond, in replying, emphasised that the true purpose of town planning was not restrictive. Its aim was to afford greater and wider opportunities for right living and the right location of human activity.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23205, 26 November 1938, Page 15
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