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.
On Wednesday, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) held its second evening open house this week on street repaving plans for 2018. The open...
The University District rezone and urban design legislation is headed to Council for review and deliberation later this fall. We covered the original draft...
Breaking late yesterday, Mayor Ed Murray released new information on targeted proposals to strengthen and complete the Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) requirements which will...
Seattle's multi-year process to update the city's Comprehensive Plan has come to its conclusion finding unanimous consent and approval from the City Council. A...
We've talked about Sound Transit 3 ad nauseam over the past two years, often until we were blue in the face. We've written about how ST3 could unlock transit-oriented development...
Sound Transit has put together some very handy videos about the Sound Transit 3 (ST3) ballot measure. This video dives into what ST3 would...
Competing choices: The Stranger covered details of competing Seattle homeless encampment legislation proposals this week. Before the City Council met to speak about the proposals,...
Bold colors, ease of access, and thoughtful context are what Sound Transit has in mind for a new station in the University District. Earlier...