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.
California's $37-billion Bullet Train
By 2020, over 68 million riders would use a statewide bullet train connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco. But is $37-billion too much?
The Trend Toward Commercial Condominiums
Speculative business parks aimed at ownership by small businesses are a hot new market.
New Urban Neighborhoods Make Big Gains
New Urban News year-end survey finds 37 percent annual growth in new urban planning and construction.
The Worst Cars Of All Time
In our car-oriented culture, it's hard to find a truly awful car anymore. Forbes produces its list of the worst cars of all time.
America's Greenest Building
Los Angeles has two of the most ecologically advanced buildings in the country -- and both are competing for the title of the greenest building in America.