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.
Co-housing Works In Seattle
Combining group ownership and independent living can be tricky. Seattle has several successes.
America's Main Street
Moynihan's Trojan-horse proposal for Pennsylvania Avenue went far beyond recommendations for new office space.
How To Get Great Streets
Great Streets. You want them, but to get them you have to be able to negotiate with your state department of transportation.
Sprawl Vs. Transit In Maine
Portland, Maine's long-range tranit plan has reached in impasse -- how to deal with sprawl.
California's Protected Urban Areas
Some organizations in California are successfully protecting urban open space areas in the face of rapid growth and sprawl.