Toronto roads are an incredibly under appreciated resource, paid for by people yet primarily designed for cars. We’ve made efforts to improve our streets through a patchwork approach that’s sometimes combative and takes years to see improvements. By widening our vision and adding a healthy dose of political will, we can ensure the vital corridors that our streets offer have rapid transit lanes and dedicated spacious, safe, accessible pathways for everyone on foot or two wheels - bicycle, scooter or wheelchair. We can move beyond our fixation on streets as mere travel corridors and recognize their critical role as gathering places lined with homes and apartments, businesses, arts venues and community centres. Through community led design, we can maximize that amazing potential.  Some streets could be quiet places where cars are guests and children can play ball hockey with their friends. Others could be partially or completely taken over by music concerts or laughter filled cafes. Lanes of roadways could be converted to incorporate non transportation elements like public arts, environmentally friendly landscaping that reduces flooding and pollution, or even more housing.  To reduce the amount of space required for smooth, easy travel through our city, we'll ensure that transit and active transportation options are so attractive that the only people who need to drive are those who want to drive. And we'll do this through low or no cost solutions whenever possible. We can accomplish so much with paint, bollards and other innovative solutions. As an added bonus, good street design guarantees emergency vehicles can travel through our cities, since bus corridors and active transportation lanes can used by such vehicles in a way that gridlocked roads or bicycle lanes cannot.