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.
Ireland To Modernize Road Signs
Travellers to Ireland know that the country's quaint road signs are both endearing and impossible. Now the signs will be upgraded.
Michigan New Leader In U.S. Movement To Tame Sprawl
Governor Jennifer Granholm and GOP take steps to cure "plague upon the land."
Investment Tests Take 'Community' Out Of CRA
The current process of reform of the Community Reinvestment Act is apparently being driven by 'goals inconsistent with good public policy.'
California's Future Is In The Politics Of Water
The agricultural sector will provide a key resource for continuing urban prosperity, write William Fulton and Paul Shigley.
Funding Roads Or Public Transit?
The Rocky Mountain News presents a point-counterpoint over a Colorado bill that proposes to divert funds into a "congestion relief fund" to be spent on roads rather than public transit.