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.
The long-awaited RapidRide G Line project is finally getting underway. The 2.1-mile line will run from 1st Avenue in Downtown Seattle to Martin Luther...
No more raids: Greyhound has made an agreement with Washington's attorney general to stop warrantless and no-cause ICE sweeps on buses.
Planning ahead: Pittsburg's transit...
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In the 1960s, Amsterdam briefly was sold on a highway urban renewal project designed by an American planner David Jokinen. It would have destroyed...
Pierce County representatives argued that transit riders in their districts are being left behind by the Puget Sound Regional Council and the state.
In what...
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Bloomberg Quicktake/CityLab explores how Vienna is tackling affordable housing for all in the city. Mike Eliason, syndicated columnist of The Urbanist, offers his perspective...
Burien is banking on bus rapid transit (BRT) and code changes to deliver a transit-oriented future on a primary city corridor. With the expected...
Sound Transit's Chief Executive Officer Peter Rogoff will be departing from the agency by the end of May 2022. In a surprising turn, the...
Washington is still hunting for a new major commercial airport location as part of a state-mandated study. The state department of transportation has winnowed...