--- description: Rethinking air traffic control, a deal on Iran nuclear arms, bike-friendly cities, early schizophrenia intervention, and sentencing reform. title: These Are Today's Best Ideas image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 20 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 20, 2014 4:01 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 20, 2014 4:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**Early intervention for young people could halt schizophrenia before it starts.**](http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/10/20/356640026/halting-schizophrenia-before-it-starts "undefined") By Amy Standen at National Public Radio **2\.** [**Next generation air traffic control management can reduce delays and frustration at the airport.**](http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc%5Fsumm.jsp?cntn%5Fid=132916 "undefined") By Aaron Dubrow at the National Science Foundation **3\.** [**Alabama prisons are at 190% capacity. Sentencing reforms are slowing prison population growth, but much work remains.**](http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2014/10/19/sentencing-reform-has-slowed-not-stopped-inmate-growth/17530207/ "undefined") By Kala Kachmar in the Montgomery Advertiser **4\.** [**In the five weeks remaining under the deadline, the U.S. and Iran can reach a historic accord on nuclear arms.**](http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/time-is-right-for-us-iran-arms-deal-b99371238z1-279669282.html "undefined") By Joe Cirincione in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel **5\.** [**For the peaceful coexistence of bicycles and everyone else in a city, we can learn a lot from Copenhagen.**](http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/oct/16/copenhagen-cycling-innovation-lycra-louts-green-wave-bike-bridges "undefined") By Mikael Colville-Andersen in the Guardian  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3524654/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-20/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3524654/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-20/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 20","datePublished":"2014-10-20T16:01:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:21.025Z","description":"Rethinking air traffic control, a deal on Iran nuclear arms, bike-friendly cities, early schizophrenia intervention, and sentencing reform.","url":"https://time.com/3524654/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-20/","keywords":["Innovation","Iran","Nuclear","Hassan Rouhani","alabama","Youth","U.S.","Aviation","Copenhagen","MIT","Airports","bicycle","Prison","airplanes","schizophrenia"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3524654/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-20/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 20"}}]}] ```