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.
Pierce Transit is advancing its new bus rapid transit (BRT) program, Stream, with a first line planned from Tacoma to Spanaway that the agency...
Sound Transit boardmembers received an update on the Stride I-405 and SR-522/NE 145th St projects on Thursday -- just one week after the board...
https://youtu.be/P6qg0sKJJKM
Berlin shows how arbitrary and definitive administrative boundaries can be through its divided history between West Germany and East Germany after World War II....
King County Metro has announced that Via to Transit, an on-demand rideshare service, will expand to new areas and serve more "hubs" throughout Southeast...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nWZ15JeZnc
An island in Hawaiʻi had long been occupied and used by the United States military. But native Hawaiians fought to restore it to the...
Delivery by bike: In some cities, cargo bikes could deliver parcels quicker and less carbon-intensively than traditional vans.
Oasis in a desert: Do water parks...
https://youtu.be/_8xhdL8BPvU
This story in London highlights one microcosm of how far historic preservation rules can go. For a while, an artsy organization got away with...
Reducing poverty: Federal assistance over the past year has led to a huge drop in poverty across demographics, but particularly for children ($).
Dirty school...