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.
A Debate on the Desirability of Urban Rail Transit Systems
<p>An article in the Journal of Urban Economics concludes that rail transit is erroneously believed by the public to be socially desirable, because rail systems have been sold as an antidote to the social costs associated with automobile travel.</p>
A Citizens Guide to Subdivisions and Smart Growth
<p>A new guide helps citizens to identify the differences between good and bad subdivisions in Monanta.</p>
Getting Humans Back Into Nature: A Dissertation
<p>A practicing planner and academic proposes as his Ph.D. dissertation an ecosystem approach to planning, and asks how we begin to place our cities back into their ecological context.</p>
Wal-Mart Reports On Its Experiment With A 'Green Store'
<p>Wal-Mart issues a one-year progress report on its experimental eco-store in Aurora, Colorado.</p>
The Ballpark Stadium of the Future
<p>The Oakland A's sign a deal with the technology company Cisco to replace the Oakland Coleseum for a high-tech new ballpark which will set the standard for future stadiums.</p>