Individual, NO to monorail. We already have railroads across the country and the cities.
Freight and semi's and all the things you mention are already being moved by rail, and have been for decades.
No the answer is not to further conjest what is an already choking city, and I mean ALL cities.
As it goes 'build it and they will come'.
Build the factories in rural areas and the workers will come.
It may not suite everyone, then again, it will suite some.
It won't take many.
Even mining companies employ a mix of people,such as FIFO and locals.
And don't forget they are working in some of the most insane environments in the world.
The beauty of going rural is that you can still be near the metropolitan area and not compromise your social or family life.
The weather would be the same as the urban weather because of proximity.
So I do not advocate the introduction of more useless public transport ideas, we have enough.
If you really want to help then send Wilson Parking bankrupt and give us back our parking spaces, instead of these mongrels hi-jacking them and holding them for ransom for the public to pay them 'dirty' money, for a dis-service.

Altrav,
I'm very disappointed that you simply don't get it !

Indy, I'm not sure what you mean.
Perhaps I've misunderstood your views.
I am happy to review in prece form.
Let me know.

What I'm trying to get through is that everything I'm proposing here is not for now & for me.
I'm near the end of the road & that's why I deeply believe in restoring some decency in society that my generation has so abused & all but destroyed before it actually is too late for the next generation to even grasp what our generation is denying them just because of greed.
As much as people like to think that the digital age is the future they need to realise humanity is not digital although one digit of our anatomy can send a very distinct message.
Humans need to be shown the way to revert to being humane people.
The lack of responses to important issues is saddening to say the least.

OK Indy, fair enough, got it.
I suppose I was also proposing the future, but my future is more decentralised than yours.
The proposals I hear are focused on the inner cities and trying to make them more accessible and user friendly.
I tend towards moving out of the cities where the land is cheaper and also have many more advantages.
I am mindful of the fact that unlike the US, our only 'useful' land is along the coastal strips, but with the introduction of new technology and future thinking, it will be possible.

Once the areas away from the cities are made livable, many people will leave the city & its life restricting conditions for those who yearn for a less regulated existence.
Of course we must work on solutions to prevent over population at all times. Overpopulation is a greater threat than climate change as it brings pollution & aggression & ultimately uncontrollable decease.
Australia could show the way in curbing overpopulation for other countries to follow suit.
All we need is a willing society to band together in working for the future now. Calling projects of vision too expensive is the wrong way to go. Just look at the present Nth Qld floods & what all that water could have done for inland Australia if only a Bradfield type scheme was already in progress. Imagine how much less flood damage there'd be in Townsville. Imagine how much livestock could have been saved if only a small move were made towards the irrigation west of the GDR. Imagine what could be achieved with slightly less greed & selfishness. Imagine if the periodically flooding rivers were made wider with weirs. Dig out & use the material to build up higher ground for any new subdivision on flood prone land.
Imagine the savings on insurance payouts, imagine the savings from no flood damage.