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.
Proposed Transportation Bill Is The Wrong Approach
Brookings scholars discuss the federal transportation reauthorization.
How To Measure TOD Outcomes
A new report offers indicators to measure the outcomes of transit-oriented development.
Nation's Worst Superfund Sites
Thirty-four shuttered military bases remain the nation's worst toxic waste sites despite billions spent on cleanup.
Ecotopia
Grist Magazine revisits the 1970s eco-cult classic that gripped a nation.
The Ethnic Economy As A Revitalization Strategy
Immigrant communities often create thriving economies of small businesses that can revitalize declining cities -- if modernist planners will let them.