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.
A new seasonal bus service, called "Trailhead Direct," will begin whisking mountaineers to Issaquah's ring of hikeable mountains on Saturday (August 5th). The first...
On Monday, the Seattle City Council passed significant legislation affecting Downtown zones. Most areas of Chinatown-International District received a comprehensive rezone increasing building heights...
People first: There's a risk that autonomous vehicles may force people to accommodate them instead of the other way around.
Prepping for BRT: Sound Transit...
In her own words, artist Laura Haddad, describes the inspiration, function, and process in designing her artwork "Cloud," which is featured at Sound Tranist's...
A new statewide report on affordable housing has been released by the Washington State Department of Commerce. The Affordable Housing Advisory Board, which is...
On Monday, the Seattle City Council had a full agenda of rezones cross the dais. These included three separate district rezones in the Central...
Company town planning: Could Facebook learn from the company towns of old?
The other bikeshare: LimeBike, a bikeshare competitor to Spin, is set to launch...
Transit guru Jarrett Walker talks about how predictions of the future are often distracting and loaded when it comes to planning transportation networks. Instead,...