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.
Starting May 13, King County Metro is restoring some hyper-local dial-a-ride transit (DART) service, with total of 79 additional trips to six DART routes in Mercer Island, Federal Way, Tukwila, Renton, Auburn, and Enumclaw.
The dream of high-speed rail in Cascadia continues as state government studies how to achieve it, but what might a realistic high-speed rail line...
In this video, Reece Martin at RM Transit reviews the ins and outs of the new Link 2 Line that has started abbreviated service...
On Saturday, the new Link 2 Line officially opened between South Bellevue and Redmond Technology Stations to much fanfare. Best Side Cycling captured the...
American transit agencies often limit themselves in the types of buses that they use, but when is it right to have three-/four-/five-door buses, double...
Like yours truly, Ray Delahanty of CityNerd is at this year's National Planning Conference in Minneapolis. And like yours truly, Delahanty is spending a...
With riders connecting to light rail instead of using direct bus connections to downtown, Community Transit is phasing out its $4.25 commuter fare. Fares will be a flat $2.50 across the agency's system.
Ray Delahanty of CityNerd goes through a litany of reasons why car dependency makes American society worse off from public health and environmental quality...