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.
Bike and walk LWB: Car-free Sundays on Lake Washington Boulevard will return this summer.
No highway expansions: In Portland, opponents of I-5 expansion came out...
King County Metro has begun planning for a RapidRide corridor in Southeast King County, known as the RapidRide I Line. The corridor is identified...
https://youtu.be/ebx5Y5qOmTM
In this video, Vox looks at how skyscrapers are designed to reduce swaying in the wind. The design solutions may surprise you.
City gaming: There's now a card game that can help with talking about cities and planning for them.
Jay is in: Washington Governor Jay Inslee...
On Monday, the Seattle City Council officially designated a new landmark. Known as the Broad Street Substation, the property and building provide valuable electrical...
Community Transit will make a major service change with the introduction of a new bus rapid transit (BRT) line--the Swift Green Line--on Sunday, March...
https://youtu.be/7c5pSCgbZ84
In this video, Dave Amos of City Beautiful speaks to a software designer about Cities: Skylines and its attempt to simulate real cities.
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Sound Transit is planning for a new operations and maintenance facility for light rail down south. Six different sites are currently under consideration. In...