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.
Maryland Gets Serious About Smart Growth
Maryland has taken a hard line on sprawl: the state will challenge any policy that violates smart growth principles.
Giving The Housing Element Teeth
Proposed legislation would establish penalties for California cities who are not in compliance with their housing element.
Jane Jacobs Reviews New Urbanism
Reason Magazine interviews Jane Jacobs about New Urbanism, city planning, Los Angeles, and how she would like to be remembered.
New Urbanism Revolution In Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem has its own high-profile new urbanist architects that have started a most unlikely design revolution.
Is New Urbanism A Silver Bullet?
Is New Urbanism the most important issue in urban design since the beginning of suburbia?