Chris Stines is Planetizen's former Editor and the founder of Urban Insight, a leading digital agency. Chris has 25 years of experience in technology consulting and urban planning and has served as a consultant to public sector state, county, and local agencies, Fortune 500 private firms, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations.
Freight Villages
As warehouse and distribution ramp up with global trade, The Slatin Report offers a look at an intriguing new approach to industrial development.
Mixed Use Development Gains Ground
Mixed-use developments are changing how Americans live, work, and play, according a Business Week review of New Urbanism projects.
Energy Efficiency A Growing Trend In Home Building Industry
Home Builders name energy efficiency as the industry's biggest trend for 2006.
Clinton, Katz Comment On 'First Suburb' Report
The nation's older, inner-ring 'first suburbs' are often bypassed by policies that direct government assistance elsewhere, as discussed by Senator Hillary Clinton and Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution.
Transportation Fairy Tales?
Wendell Cox charges that Ventura County, CA's plans to promote alternative transit strategies over expanding highways is a "fairy tale" that will result in additional pollution and more traffic.