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.
University Link opens: The University Link extension to Capitol Hill and University of Washington opens this morning at around 10am. The Stranger's Dan Savage explains...
The Dutch love to ride their bikes in some unique ways: carrying friends on fenders, towing their four-legged pals at their side, and carrying...
German ingenuity: The Germans are building affordable housing on top of parking lots in Munich.
Olympic scale: A new £1.3 billion masterplan is out for the...
Annexation: Seattle looks toward annexing White Center and now has an incentive to do so ($).
Going Dutch: Norway wants to greatly expand bike infrastructure with...
Little choice: Hundreds lined up this past weekend for affordable housing that they might not get.
Future competition: BMW is testing a carsharing service that could...
Proponents of a Spokane "community bill of rights" lost their case on appeal to the Washington State Supreme Court earlier this month. Backers of the proposal...
New digs: The Seattle Opera unveils plans a new $60 million venue at Seattle Center.
In jeopardy: A proposal for a new Amtrak station in...
With a new light rail station soon to open (March 19th) up on the University of Washington campus, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT)...