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.
Ten Principles For Successful Development Around Transit
ULI offers 10 principles that can serve as a checklist for the development of pedestrian-scale communities that will be suitable for public transportation.
Please Fence Me In
Urban planners and academics are raising questions about the long-term social impact of gated neighborhoods.
Portland Light Rail Works Just Fine, Thank You
A transportation planner pokes fun at Cascade Policy Institute's charges of how light rail doesn't work in Portalnd.
Fleeing California
For the first time, the people moving out of California outnumber the newcomers.
Firebrands Of Ecoterrorism Set Sights On Sprawl
The recent burning of San Diego mega-condos demonstrates radical environmentalists' tactical shift to housing, commercial sites.