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.
This coming Sunday, Everett Transit will roll out a major system redesign. In responding to heavy financial constraints, the transit agency will cut service...
Green Lake and Roosevelt are at the heart of major new walking, biking, and transit infrastructure in North Seattle. The Seattle Department of Transportation...
The armory in Interbay could find itself revamped from a military installation to a new urban district. In 2018, the Washington State Legislature tasked...
In the latest transportation budget proposal, Washington House Democrats have kept some funding to lay the groundwork for an interstate high-speed rail corridor authority....
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According to research, the sterile playgrounds that we have come to know may not be that great for children. In fact, less "safe" playgrounds...
Impact fees have been on the radar in Seattle for many years now. The city is the largest jurisdiction in the state to forego...
The Puget Sound region is booming with new development, more residents and jobs, and demand for increasingly stretched public services, whether they be roads,...
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In this longish video, National Geographic explores Singapore and highlights what policymakers are doing to plan for the city as it grows into the...