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.
Solution To Sign Pollution
Pittsburgh's planning commission struggles with signage on the famous United Steelworkers Building.
High Speed Rail: San Francisco To Los Angeles
A proposed $6 billion bond measurewould help fund the construction of ahigh-speed train between the Bay Area and Los Angeles as early as 2005.
Big City, Back Streets
The need for light-industrial and commercial space in Boston’s backstreets is opening up additional development opportunities.
Swinging Suburbs
Non-family households in the suburbs grew more than twice the increase in the cities. These are the new "swinging suburbs".
How New York Has Changed
In some ways New York hasn't changed much since September 11. But economic and emotional impacts are still clear.