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.
Transit agencies across the region are operating at decidedly reduced levels today in observance of the national holiday, but there is some special service.
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Take a trip down under to the grand coastal city of Melbourne in a four-minute timelapse. Melb, as it often referred to, has one of...
The Office of Housing gave their thrice-annual progress report on the Multifamily Tax Exemption (MFTE) program to the City Council last month. The report analyzed the...
Seattle is seeing intense competition in the growing carsharing market. In a few short years, Car2Go has managed to top some 77,000 active members in the...
Everett Transit is in the process of designing new transit improvements on Broadway to enhance local bus service. The proposal would establish new curb...
Vancouver, British Columbia is well known for its (almost) lack of highways in the center of its city. Vancouver is also well known for...
Innovative planning: Capitol Hill Seattle Blog looks at how three projects on Pike/Pine used the historic preservation incentives in their developments.
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The major update to Seattle's comprehensive plan has been an extensive outreach and formulation process spanning more than three years. Later this month, the...