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.
The Urban Big Box Battle
A proposed minimum wage ordinance in the City of Chicago to require higher wages for urban big box employees is defeated.
Does Highway Expansion Solve Urban Traffic Congestion?
A new paper evaluates claims that highway capacity expansion is a cost effective and desirable solution to urban traffic congestion problems.
Planning In Second Life
<img src="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/files/20060913cstrampolineclass.jpg" alt="Anhinga Island" align="right" /> I've just about finished researching and writing an article about the implications for planning in a virtual environment called <a href="http://secondlife.com/">Second Life</a>. <br /> <br /> If you're one of the 578,672 people worldwide who participate in the virtual world called Second Life, you are empowered. You use the game's virtual environment to interact with others, design buildings, develop communities, or even construct your own island, complete with an economy, design guidelines, and many of the same issues and problems that come with a real community.
The Poor State Of Planning In Jamaica?
An Op-Ed by the Jamaica Gleaner offers a look into the state of planning in Jamaica.
Ground Zero Design 'Miss The Point'
The three tower designs unveiled for Ground Zero last week mostly miss the point, writes The Slatin Report: It's not about them.