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.
The Bechtel-Big Dig Scandal
The Boston Globe presents a damning three-part series on how State officials excuse and protect Bechtel for over $1 billion in mistakes on the Big Dig.
Goals Of Federal Transportation Re-authorization
The impact of national policy on neighborhood planning and development is not lost on Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Portland, OR).
Save Cities, Unlock Ivory Towers
City-university partnerships can help bridge resource gaps.
Who Can Reuse Metro Atlanta's Northern Arc Land
Suburban counties want the land acquired for the now-defunct 59-mile Northern Arc tollway in metro Atlanta.
The Devil In The White City
A new novel profiles city planner Daniel Burnham and serial-murderer Henry H. Holmes during the 1893 World's Fair.