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.
Sound Transit is planning to bring bus rapid transit (BRT), now known as Stride, to the SR-522 corridor, running between Shoreline and Woodinville, by...
On Monday, the Seattle City Council chose to rename two sections of Aurora Avenue North and Aurora Avenue--without the directional--leading into Belltown. The new...
Sea-Tac International Airport continues to post incredible passenger growth. In 2018, the airport moved 49,849,520 passengers, just shy of the magic 50-million mark. Passengers...
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The Downtown Seattle Association has released as short video celebrating Mayor Jenny Durkan's decision to move forward on building the Center City Connector. The...
Cleaner energy in DE: Germany will phase all of its coal power plants by 2038.
Incentivizing biking: An Italian city will pay people to ride...
State legislators received a briefing this week on the Washington-led effort to study and plan high-speed rail in the Cascadia Megregion, stretching from Vancouver,...
King County Metro plans to offer more transportation options to communities in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park. Beginning on February 5th, a new Community...
Automated camera enforcement of motorists blocking intersections, transit-only lanes, bus stops, intersections, and even emergency vehicle entries and exits could finally come to Washington....