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.
A 1966 cartoon short pokes fun at how people in the modern age have let the automobile dictate almost every facet of their lives...
Choo-choo preview: The Seattle Times gets to go on ride-along at the unfinished stations and tunnel ($) of Northgate Link; the last leg of digging to...
Yesterday, I highlighted the Comprehensive Plan amendment proposals that the Seattle City Council is wading through for the major update known as Seattle 2035....
This City Council will begin deliberations today on amendments to Seattle 2035, the City's major update to the Comprehensive Plan. As of August 10th, Council...
The face of Ballard has experienced remarkable change over the past decade with renewed interest in major developments like the Ballard Hotel, AMLI Mark 24,...
The Seattle City Council is poised to pass a landmark housing and land use policy today that will complete a two-pronged framework centered on delivering...
Over 6,000 years of civilization rises and falls in this short video by The Guardian. The video kicks off with the founding of the...
25,000 friends: Sacramento is getting serious about maintaining and improving the city's tree canopy.
Still shaking: Initial numbers on the Northeast Seattle bus restructure are out,...