Urban living: Is a home revo-lution coming?

COVID-19 is changing how we work and live, arguably more than any crisis since the last world war. Communities are clamouring to create ‘quiet streets’: shutting selected roads down to vehicular traffic to better promote active transport and safe distancing. They’re also having to rethink public transit: from spacing passengers, to contemplating reduced routes and schedules to even shutting services down temporarily, whether due to decreased demand or in Ottawa’s case, fo