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.
How Maps Lie
We all know how you can lie with numbers. You can lie with maps much more effectively, as Jonathan Corum demonstrates with a widely-used map of California's recent gubernatorial election results.
Urban Sprawl And Commuting
Commute times have risen in many areas. Is sprawl to blame?
Sowell: Liberal Planners Cause Sprawl
Conservative writer Thomas Sowell charges that zoning and political meddling with housing markets drives housing prices up and encourages sprawl.
An Unholy Alliance: Gun Owners And Environmentalists
A growing minority of gun owners are unhappy with Bush's environmental principles.
Profile Of Denver's New Planning Director
Peter Park is Denver's new planning director, and formerly lead Milwaukee's Department of City Development.