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.
Decongest NYC: New York City may pass decongestion pricing without state blessing.
Renewing Access: With poor performance, King County Metro is looking to improve its...
Seattle hopes to tackle the loss of tree canopy through new regulations, which is gradually falling according to recent data. In late August, a...
Not voter-approved: In Phoenix, the city council appears intent on stealing light rail money for road projects instead.
Save the whales: The effort to remove...
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In this video, Vox looks into the “changing” borders of Hong Kong, a megacity that forms a portion of China but is distinctly independent...
Transit App users will find that the aptly named mobile navigation app has graduated to version 5.0. The milestone version is noticeably different from...
Soon Seattle will find out what alternatives for the West Seattle and Ballard light rail extensions in Chinatown-International District and SoDo survive the alternatives...
Unwillingness to perform: What does an anti-transit federal government look like?
Joy of play returns: "Risky" playgrounds are making a comeback.
Going green: Kroger is ending...
https://youtu.be/ccxVYborUcU
On City Beautiful, Dave Amos takes a look at the benefits for free public transit and why it should be expanded to more transit...