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.
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Dave Amos talks about parking regulations and parking demand in relation to the Black Friday shopping day. He also does a case study of...
On Monday, the Burien City Council approved a slate of accessory dwelling unit (ADU) reforms. The reforms should make it easier to build ADUs...
Federal Way is working through the initial stages of a subarea planning process in the southern portion of the city. The "City South"...
In late September, the Tacoma City Council approved a large slate of areawide rezones and future land use map designation changes, which primarily affected...
Free transit: In Tacoma, all public high school students will get free transit passes.
Shutdown avoided: Major transit strike has been avoided in Vancouver, British Columbia...
In November, Sound Transit released updated design information for the Federal Way Link light rail extension, which Kiewit Infrastructure West Company will construct. While...
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Why is the Amazon rainforest seeing yet another massive deforestation wave and burning after years of significant falling deforestation rates? And what does that...
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When it comes to cities and regions in America, how do they carryout regional governance?