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.
Fight for the future: Will the Democratic majority in the Washington State Legislature be successful at making progress on environmental laws?
Great American commute divide:...
King County Metro wants to provide better transit service for the Seattle waterfront and Belltown, despite having curtailed service last year with elimination of...
The Seattle Transportation Benefit District (STBD) wrapped up its third full year of transit service improvements and riders programs. The results continue to show...
The effort to create a "directly elected" Sound Transit Board of Directors is making the rounds in state legislative halls again this session. Last...
The West Seattle and Ballard light rail extensions are proceeding through an early planning effort to determine a preferred alternative to be further analyzed...
King County Metro recently received approval of its annual system evaluation. The 2018 report highlights where Metro needs to make investments to meet the...
Washington State Ferries (WSF) had another gangbuster ridership year in 2018. Ferries saw their highest ridership since 2002, which plunged after that year due...
Sound Transit has launched another round of open houses for the I-405 Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project to get feedback on station access improvements....