What kind of city do we want?

MEMBERS' ROOM DISCUSSION: Inspired by the 1 May London Mayoral Elections, the Manifesto Club is calling for its members around the world to submit their plans for a new city - the ways in which metropolitan life might be improved, in London, Paris, Sydney, New York, Prague, Shanghai, Mumbai, or any of the world's great centres. How should we organise transport, cultural life, and urban spaces? How can we better organise urban democracy? What should be our attitude to immigration?

Cities have been places that have fired the imagination, offering their residents freedom to experiment with different ideas, ways of living, working and collaborating. All of the significant cultural and political movements of the past century have come from cities. Yet too much of urban policy is now about containing the city and its residents - whether it's the regulation of drinking culture, CCTV cameras on street corners, or Ken Livingstone's congestion charge. A rejuventation of the metropolitan imagination is required....

Post your ideas - long or short - on what city life should be, and comment on what other members have proposed, in the City Forum.

This discussion is hosted in the Manifesto Club Members' Room - postings are available for all to read, but only members can post. See how to join the Manifesto Club.