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.
The agency is seeking feedback on its initial pedestrian, bike, bus, and transit-oriented development plans near its four planned West Seattle light rail stations.
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Just in time for the Link fare change debate, Reece Martin at RMTransit weighs in on zone-based, distance-base, and flat fares. Martin digs into...
Washington State came up short in its bid for a larger $198 million grant to advance high-speed rail planning.
On Friday, the Federal Railroad Administration...
Splitting up the four-line, 116-mile system into smaller segments allows greater frequencies with fewer traincars.
Link is in trouble. Service planning estimates widely missed the...
Sound Transit is in the midst of its budget season when agency policymakers decide on priorities for next year and manage the agency's long-term...
Chicago sold its on-street paid parking spaces for a small proportion of their value for decades. The city, however, is reeling from that fundamental...
Two new daily roundtrips on Amtrak Cascades between Seattle and Portland will start on Monday, December 11. The extra trips will help fill out...
The Washington State Department of Commerce has released draft guidance and model codes to implement the state's a new middle housing law. The new...