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.
If You Build It, They Will Stay
Op-Ed by Newhall CEO Thomas Lee calls for changes in LA's development process and changing perceptions of high density.
San Diego's Infrastructure Planning -- What Went Wrong?
While San Diego's planning successes are the envy of many, big infrastructure projects face major problems.
Convention Center Expansion as Revitilization Tool
San Diego expansion will be complete in 2001, and is generating new investment in downtown.
Leave Urban Planning for Professionals?
LA Times Op-Ed by two attorneys argue that citizens should let professional urban planners plan.
Urbanism, Suburbanism and The Good Life
Hour-long PBS special on new urbanism in Portland and California leaves viewers with a negative impression of smart growth.