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.
Rubbish: Vienna is pretty innovative when it comes to deal with its trash.
Thwarting the will: A Libertarian law firm wants to dismantle Seattle's voluntary democracy...
2017 seems to be the "Year of the Alley Activation" in Seattle. Two separate alley activation projects just wrapped up in Chinatown and the...
Major changes to Seattle's Design Review Program may be coming soon. Earlier this month, the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI) released a...
Sound Transit has released updated designs for Mountlake Terrace Station, the penultimate station on the Lynnwood Link extension slated to open in 2023, marking...
The University District is a neighborhood experiencing fast-paced change as new development takes shape in the heat of Seattle's historic building boom. A significant...
This video highlights the new Arnhem-Nijmegen cycle superhighway linking the two Dutch cities with bike-priority facilities. Much of the route is fully separate, but...
PDX bus priority: Portland is working enhanced bus corridors giving street priority to buses in order to get them out of traffic.
WA shutdown: Washington...
The Seattle City Council got its first glimpse this week at proposed rezones for three urban village nodes on 23rd Avenue in the Central...