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.
A new bus rapid transit line is coming to Snohomish County by 2024, joining two other lines already in service. Along with it, significant...
Amtrak has cut a major $7.3 billion deal with Siemens Mobility, a Germany-based manufacturer, to produce 83 trainsets at its Sacramento, California plant. The...
Whether or not the Sound Transit 3 (ST3) program will wind up delayed by more than a decade remains a hotly contested issue. Kent...
Banned: Brussels plans to ban diesel cars by 2030 and gasoline cars by 2035.
Control costs: Why does American rail infrastructure cost so much?
Heat dome...
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Not Just Bikes explores noise in cities and the impacts to people. A key point of the video is just how much noise cars...
New Sound Transit service concepts for 2022 show that regional bus service could become frequent all day on weekdays and weekends from Tacoma and...
Puget Sound transit agencies have announced an end of pandemic-era capacity limits on buses, trains, and ferries. In a joint notice, the agencies said...
A draft plan submitted to the Sound Transit board of directors would cement the delay of Sound Transit 3 (ST3) voter-approved transit expansion projects...