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.
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...
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Hasan Minhaj explains the downsides of the growing cruise ship industry.
While King County Metro, Sound Transit, and Community Transit has deployed new fall, other local transit agencies also launched new transit service this week...
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In this video, The B1M explains why European cities do not typically build skyscrapers while the rest of the world is increasingly doing so....
Sound Transit has started a process to plan nearly $1 billion in capital improvements for capacity expansion of the Sounder South commuter rail corridor....
End of an era: Long-time writer at Streetsblog USA, Angie Schmitt, says farewell from the publication.
Dirty leadership: At the behest of the occupant in...
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Mr. Beat explains the famous land use case over eminent domain in Kelo v. City of New London.
Passenger-only ferry ridership is growing in Puget Sound, according to recent data from the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC). Both King County Metro's and...