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.
King County Metro Transit just launched a comprehensive planning effort to chart a new vision and direction for the agency. Metro recognizes that transit will...
President Obama has released his 2016 budget, which places a strong emphasis on transportation funding. A portion of that funding could end up in the...
The Metropolitan King County Council is getting serious about climate change. Yesterday, the Council announced that it had come up with a brand new...
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Eclipse the Bus Riding Dog’s Day Off in Seattle by King County DOT on YouTube.
Seattle's most favorite bus-riding dog is also a huge fan...
Parking drama: SDOT completely debunks the perceived need of Sen. Bob Hasegawa's (D-Beacon Hill) tax on Sound Transit around light rail stations. If you're...
The Transit App just keeps getting better and better. Yesterday, software engineers behind the app enthusiastically announced the roll out of a new transportation service to...
In an extraordinary announcement, Sound Transit revealed that the agency will receive $1.3 billion in Federal loans from the US Department of Transportation (USDOT). The...
A symbiotic relationship: A look at how food trucks and taprooms go hand-in-hand.
Lipstick on a pig: The Washington State Department of Transportation have released...