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.
Atlanta Must Embrace Smart Growth
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorializes that zoning policies which encourage sprawl are eroding the region's quality of life.
O'ahu's Light Rail Plan Revived
Plans from a 1992 mass transit effort in O'ahu from Kapolei to Honolulu have been revived.
Atlanta Cities Zoning Codes Favor Sprawl
A 'Growth Audit' examines zoning codes for 26 metro Atlanta cities and counties and found that the zoning codes favor sprawl.
How Cities Can Weather State Fiscal Distress
West Sacramento has learned to cope, and flourish, in spite of California's fiscal chaos.
Even With Incentives, Brownfields Are A Tough Sell
A Canadian brownfield development wins awards, but developer says: "I wouldn't do it again."