Stephen Fesler

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Stephen is a professional urban planner in Puget Sound with a passion for sustainable, livable, and diverse cities. He is especially interested in how policies, regulations, and programs can promote positive outcomes for communities. With stints in great cities like Bellingham and Cork, Stephen currently lives in Seattle. He primarily covers land use and transportation issues and has been with The Urbanist since 2014.
A new state bill would slash more than $1 billion in Sound Transit revenues in order to satisfy a minority of anti-tax voters in...
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America’s power grid is increasingly more strained and unreliable as weather patterns and other environmental factors become more threatening. Vox explains how these challenges...
What We’re Reading: Cars Are Very Expensive, Basic Cities, and Toyota’s City Visions
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Division Transit Project: Portland is breaking ground on the new Division bus rapid transit project.
NY transit sagas: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has a...
On Thursday, the Sound Transit Board of Directors met to decide on the fate of a light rail station's name. University Street Station, they...
King County Metro System Evaluation Calls for 11% Bump in Service, Resources Remain Constrained
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The annual system evaluation for King County Metro from 2019 shows that 455,510 annual service hours are needed to meet baseline service targets. To...
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Central Park is world renowned and beloved by many, but it has a shrouded history marked by elitism and racism. In this video, Vox...
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Walt Disney World has a massive transit system that actually has ridership approaching some major American public transit counterparts. But is it any good?
Florida rail expansion: Virgin Trains USA is already installing new tracks as Orlando International Airport as part of their mid-Florida expansion.
Goodbye archives: The national...