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.
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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 ($).
Dirty school...
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What are stroads and why are they so inefficient, dangerous, and ugly? Not Just Bikes explains.
Update (8/2/2021): This article was updated to include additional amendments that were published on August 2, 2021.
A final vote on realignment of the Sound...
ST Express bus service is a big focus for improvement in Sound Transit's 2022 service proposal. Next year, all-day frequencies are poised to improve...
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What is it like to live in co-housing? This video shows what life is like in a Vienna co-housing community.
Walla Walla flew under the radar in 2018 when the city adopted zoning changes entirely eliminating single-family zones. These zoning changes alongside the new...
Circuitous train: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is getting his circuitous LaGuardia Airport train after all ($).
Public space remade: Providence is rethinking how to...