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 Social Cost Of Gambling
In Canada, as gambling has quadrupled in the past decade, groups are now asking lawmakers to study the social costs.
The Road Design Revolution: Shared Spaces
Can Hans Monderman's apparently anarchical 'shared space' roadways result in safer communities?
NIMBYs, BANANAs And NIMTOOs
'Pod thinking' results in planning that fails to look beyond the small community and encourages NIMBYism, BANANAs, and NIMTOOs.
Is Jesus Green?
Readers talk back about the Christian-right take on environmentalism
Yes, It Is About The Artists: The Tacoma Story
How both art and artists helped one city rebuild.