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.
An Economist's Perspective On Urban Sprawl
As development continues on the urban fringes, one person's sprawl becomes another person's backyard.
Public Transit Ridership Grows In U.S.
Ridership on public transit across the nation jumped 2.8 percent in thefirst quarter of 2001.
San Francisco's Urban Design Sensibilities
New "starchitects" are challening San Francisco's traditional sense of urban design.
Why Urban Growth Boundaries Fail
Are urban growth boundries are causing minorites to be locked out of the American dream?
The Impact Of Removing Rent Control
Despite active affordable housing efforts, Cambridge suffers after rent control ends.