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.
Baltimore: The City That Maryland Forgot
Maryland has been a long-time chamption of smart growth. Yet smart growth has not made a dent in Baltimore City, which is where it could do the most good.
Do Government-Sponsored Enterprise Efforts Work?
Institutional relationships can bolster the government-sponsored enterprise efforts to serve minority and low-income populations.
Microsoft's Ultimate Smart Home
Microsoft presents its vision of the technology-enabled "smart" home for the 21st century.
The Future Of Transportation: The Bus
Thanks to new 21st century technology, the old, humble bus may become the fastest route to the office.
The Future City Should Be Classical
Planning is brutalised by modernism: the future lies in a return to classical principles of building and settlement.