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 Seattle City Council adopted new tenant rights in December. The meat of the new tenant rights was a cap on move-in fees, which would also require most landlords...
https://youtu.be/RdibSp322dI
Transformative: Streetsblog proclaims the best street transformation of 2016.
Solution or non-solution?: Despite Seattle's holiday partnership with Uber for cheaper rides, DUIs are way up year-over-year...
The long-awaited Center City Connector is finally moving forward to construction. The 1.25-mile streetcar project in Downtown Seattle will get underway in January with early...
The City of Everett is working through a major downtown area masterplanning effort dubbed "Metro Everett". The plan is taking a broad look at...
Sea-Tac Airport brings some holiday cheer to travelers.
https://youtu.be/qsRmvNRajd8
The future is here: A Spanish city has installed a 3-D printed bridge.
Speed control: Lower speeds come to Delridge Way in West Seattle.
Converting space: Edmonton...
Sound Transit announced that another Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) master loan agreement has been signed with the United States Department of Transportation....