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.
On the docket: A 6-story, mixed-use building could be on the horizon for 23rd Ave and Union St, but it's still subject to Council...
Yesterday, the Sound Transit Board held their final meeting for 2014. There was a lot on the agenda in order to close out the...
The Puget Sound Regional Council, the regional authority charged with managing growth, published some interesting results on subsidized transportation from their Spring 2014 Regional Travel...
Yesterday, Governor Jay Inslee (D-WA) held a press conference on a new 12-year transportation policy for Washington State. His backdrop for the event was...
Community Transit is toying with the idea of a Paine Field-Mill Creek-Bothell BRT line dubbed as Swift II on the fifth anniversary of their highly successful Swift...
Reduced transit services begin today on King County Metro Transit routes and last through January 2nd. Routes specifically impacted are the 31, 32, 48, 65,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE5q77x6IZI
144-car ferry Tokitae construction time lapse by WSDOT on YouTube.
The Washington State Ferries is commissioning three Olympic-class ferries. Here's a timelapse video of the...
A compelling case: Cary Moon lays out a reasonable path forward to end Seattle's version of the Big Dig before it destroys the city...