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.
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...
Now that the extension of Northgate Link is well underway, Sound Transit has three webcams capturing the progress at University District Station, Roosevelt Station,...
We're big fans of The Transit App because of its universality and dynamic form, and previously wrote about the big version 3.0 release. Last week,...
https://vimeo.com/95766797
Seattle Dream Pt. II by F-Stop Seattle on Vimeo.
Watch this 5-minute timelapse tribute to our favorite city. You won't regret it.
UPDATE: It appears that...
Development in Seattle: The city council is putting the breaks on the Stadium District planning effort, largely because they have no direction on the matter....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwLQ26aA6ho
Sound Transit shows off the construction progress of the S 200th St Link extension to some solid tunes. Watch the guideway grow in this...