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.
Streefilms shares the journey of Oslo transitioning toward a car-free city center by 2019. The goal of the changes is to make walking, biking,...
Turncoats: In a unanimous assist by House Democrats, the party is helping Republicans make a raid on the heavily-backed and voter-approved Sound Transit 3...
Walking and biking is about to get a little easier on NE Northlake Way, a winding road on edge of the University District. Construction...
Two major land use bills were passed by the Seattle City Council on Monday. Large swaths of Downtown and South Lake Union will receive...
Västtrafik, a local transportation agency in Gothenburg, Sweden, has a new ad spoofing the marketing of autonomous cars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KITqzFeJ-7Q
Seattle's smallest triangle: The bizzare story of a Dodge's Triangle in Capitol Hill.
Emulating Bogotá: What would it take to replicate the high quality experience of Bogotá's...
Later this month, the Seattle City Council will take up a vote on the Downtown and South Lake Union rezones, which would help further...
Seattle's bikeshare program (Pronto) is no more, but before the system was dismantled over the weekend, our Senior Editor Ryan Packer did a ride-along...