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.
No problem: Fayetteville hasn't has minimum parking requirements for six years, so how is that going?
Fare-free February: In the Salt Lake City area, the...
As a companion to Climate Town's crossover video with Not Just Bikes on American cities, suburbs, and climate, Not Just Bikes looks at how...
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This month's meetup featured Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce CEO Rachel Smith. The Urbanist discussed the state transportation package and other legislative priorities with...
Mount Baker Station: Community members want to activate the Mount Baker Station area.
Indigenous housing: Crosscut profiles a Chief Seattle Club housing project in Pioneer...
Dave Amos of City Beautiful takes on the topic of NIMBYism (Not In My Back Yard) and distills down what might be the driving...
This week’s Transpo Notes highlights include: repeal of King County's bike helmet law, return of cross-border Amtrak Cascades train service, preliminary report of King...
Climate Town and Not Just Bikes join forces to talk about the suburbs: how they came to be, their environmental impacts, policies that create...
Strip malls: Sightline dives into how strip malls could house a lot of people.
Revised estimates: The California high-speed rail got a little more pricey.
House...