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.
Sydney's New Suburbia
Welcome to Sydney's new suburbia: Get the biggest house on the smallest block for the lowest price.
Weekend Ozone Effect
Many cities have higher ozone levels on weekends even though nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions go down 10 to 40 percent on weekends.
Seattle's Light Rail: Disaster In The Making?
Have Seattle's plans for an expensive light-rail line become the laughing stock of the transportation world, as Randal O'Toole charges?
Baltimore's West Side Revitalization
Ceterpoint is an $80 million transformation of an entire block into shops, restaurants and rental residences.
How To Hire A Planning Director
The Charlotte Observer editorializes on the process of hiring a new planning directory for the city of Charlotte.