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.
City Politics Gone Very Bad
A corruption probe in Carson, CA has expanded to include members of the powerful West Basin Municipal Water District.
Mixed Income Housing Not Working In Cabrini-Green
Some early experiments at mixing incomes in developments around Chicago's Cabrini-Green community are just not working.
Real Estate Finance And Urban Retail Development
Despite the prosperity of the 1990s, robust inner city retail development did not follow.
Ethnic Tourism
Houston joins other cities in pushing 'tours' of local enclaves -- the quirky and overlooked sites.
Traffic Jams Are Good News
Several transportation experts are arguing that the costs of congestion are overstated, and that there are benefits to congestion.