Quite suddenly, under the corona crisis, our city streets have been rediscovered. Traffic has vanished in the lock-downs and people have taken to walking and cycling around. In the process we have rediscovered our own cities and the pleasure of just being able to walk. The absence of traffic has changed the sound of cities as well. The roar of the traffic has given way to bird songs and for the first time in many decades, the air has been clean and free of much of the polluti

In the aftermath of the global virus, the old "normal" just does not exist anymore. So we cannot simply "go back to normal". The streets are empty, the shops are closed, people are out of work and families are in isolation. It is natural that this pandemic and the next one will have repercussions. So where are we going? Strangely the solutions we are seeking may lie in the parallel global challenge of the climate. The need is there now for creative new-thinking people to envi