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.
Housing for all: Advocates are asking the Washington State Legislature for another $100 million to address homelessness.
Pausing a race to the bottom: Sound Transit is stepping...
Last week, the Elected Leadership Group (ELG) for the Ballard and West Seattle light rail extensions received an update from Sound Transit staff on...
Sound Transit has opened an early scoping for the Tacoma Dome Link light rail extension. This is an integral process for the required environmental...
Over the next 30 years, the Central Puget Sound Region is slated to grow by more than 1.8 million residents and 1.2 million jobs....
Artificial island for housing: Hong Kong wants to build a new artificial island at the cost of £60 billion to 260,000 homes.
ST3 in Seattle:...
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In this video, Dave Amos walks through an abbreviated history of city planning in America.
On Thursday, the Washington State Senate Transportation Committee passed its version (Senate Bill 5214) of a two-year statewide transportation funding appropriations bill. The bill...
In January, Sound Transit released updated alternatives for the Tacoma Dome Link Extension as part of the Level 2 screening process. The alternatives are...