Stephen Fesler
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.
From February 2018 through January 2019, Washington state tested out a possible replacement program for the gas tax known as the "Road Usage Charge"...
Density debate: Is gentle density enough?
Car-free streets: Will car-free streets be the norm soon?
Changing times: After 40 years, a newsstand at Pike Place Market...
https://youtu.be/WC3ZPgg0nds
Vox explains how this online school rating system may be underrating the actual quality of many schools.
https://youtu.be/A56eEljgwzQ
The Port of Seattle has released a new video visualizing what the new International Arrivals Facility (IAF) will look like and how it will...
Could the Mosquito Fleet return to Lake Washington and spread to new locations on the eastern side of Puget Sound? King County Metro is...
Windshield view: Oregon has a new state transportation secretary who greatly misunderstands how climate change works because he is a highway builder at heart.
New bike...
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has been working on a statewide active transportation plan this year that could reshape the state's highway...
https://youtu.be/-XscydK-3LI
Dave Amos talks about parking regulations and parking demand in relation to the Black Friday shopping day. He also does a case study of...