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.
In September, Ray Delahanty of CityNerd made a visit to his hometown, Seattle, to ride Link light rail and share some takeaways from the...
Sound Transit is moving ahead with a search for new executive talent and in coming months will hire three people with megaproject experience in...
Near-term Link expansions will further strain limited resources for service capacity, forcing more crowding and lower frequencies that could last years. Can that be...
Sound Transit plans to deliver the first phases of two passenger-facing technologies late this fall. A new digital assistant tool will launch on mobile...
These days Montréal is getting a lot of attention for its urbanism compared to its big city Canadian and American counterparts. The city recently...
The County's cringeworthy move suggests more attention is needed on boosting service and electric trolleys.
King County Metro will roll out new light yellow paint...
Fares on Link are poised to increase, but Sound Transit is evaluating two different fare structures. The agency should be considering a third.
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Sound Transit has outlined several alternatives to expand its parking management program with paid parking. Some or all stations with parking could be affected...