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 Call For Trains Is Widening
Andy Rooney argues that trains have important advantages that the nation had better consider.
TNDs With A Twist?
Builder Delcor Homes is targeting Generation X buyers who want a sense of neighborhood.
Affordable Housing Vs. NIMBYism
Albuquerque's successful affordable housing program is failing thanks to NIMBYism and policies that drive down the value of apartments.
Low-Income Homeownership: Examining The Goal
A new book gathers the observations of housing experts on low-income homeownership and its effects on households and communities.
Illinois' Local Planning Technical Assistance Act
The APA praises the State of Illinois for passage of the Local Planning Technical Assistance Act as "exemplary and trend-setting."