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.
Community Transit is beginning to tip its hat on things to come as light rail opening in Lynnwood approaches in 2024. Last week, the...
Fracking bans: Should Pacific Northwest cities ban fracked gas in new buildings?
Helpful data: Spin plans to provide e-scooter data to help build safer streets.
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Why America has a universal minimum legal drinking age is due to roads, Vox explains.
Mountlake Terrace adopted notable changes to its primary urban node, expanding its boundaries and increasing development capacity near its future Link station. The city...
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How did get Tokyo become one of the world's most populous urban area? Dave Amos explains how it became so urbanized.
Sound Transit's 2020 Service Implementation Plan is now open for public comment. The plan was released last week with only three notable proposed changes...
Last week, the Sound Transit Board of Directors selected 32 system access projects that will receive grants as part of the first round of...
Catastrophic truth: Global youth climate action leader, Greta Thunberg, spoke to the United Nations on the issue this week.
Farewell Macy's: While the writing was...