Thomas Fisher is a Professor and the Director of the Minnesota Design Center in the College of Design at the University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis, USA. His recent research has focused on the design of transportation infrastructure related to autonomous vehicles and mobility services, as part of National Science Foundation and Department of Transportation grants. He has written 10 books, over 50 book chapters or introductions, and over 450 articles in professional journals and major publications. He has been named a top-25 design educator four times by Design Intelligence. He is the author of the APA Pas Memo: Design Thinking in Planning Practice, published September 2021. His most recent book, which will be published by Routledge in early 2022, is on the post-pandemic world.  He is currently working on a publication entitled Future Streets, that will summarize the last three years of work.