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.
You may have heard this thing about a new Link Light Rail subway station in the U District. You might even know that it's...
https://vimeo.com/102005674
A brief video showing how Buenos Aires is making the city people-friendly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNWJh6cmhlc
WMATA in the Washington, DC metropolitan area just opened a new expansion of their Metrorail system with the Silver Line.
Seattle transportation: The Seattle Subway makes their closing arguments on what Sound Transit should prioritize for the update to the Long-Range Plan. Zach argues...
Shabby Road by The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
This pretty much sums up just how bad things are with US national transportation policy right...
Local headlines: Residents of affordable housing in the Central District fear that they could lose their housing due to sale of their building. Pacific Place...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0qdq36hwSs
We already have some of these "floating" transit islands that protect bikes by allowing cyclists. These islands give cyclists a buffer between platform and...
Put a lid on it: Scott Bonjukian takes another look at covering I-5 with a lid.
Climate controlled: Dubai has plans for a the world's...