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.
Studying Surburbia
Suburban ecosystems are one of the last frontiers for scientists trying to understand how people change the natural world.
Does Light Rail Pay for Itself?
Among the arguments rail advocates use is that rail transit costs less to operate than buses. The savings, they suggest, will soon pay for the cost of rail construction.
A Debate Over The Transit And Planning Merits Of Cycling
John Pucher outlines the benefits of cycling for health and an integrated transportation system in response to an earlier editorial bashing bike-riding.
Top Cities For Young People
A new report finds that young people are increasingly preferring close-in neighborhoods. This is the so-called 'creative class' that is up for grabs.
Catch Him if You Can
Leonardo DiCaprio is producing a documentary about global warming.