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.
Slow start: Two years later, Minneapolis' zoning reform is slow to deliver on triplexes.
Over-talked narrative: The media is obsessed with the "death of the...
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Is there any credence to the skyscraper index in forecasting economic downturns? Bloomberg Citylab explores this debated theory.
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What are ethnoburbs? And how are they becoming an influential feature in cities? Quartz looks at one growing in New York City.
On Thursday, the Sound Transit Board of Directors received a briefing on specific paused capital project actions which could become unfrozen if approved this...
Parochial ax-grinding: Mercer Island is fighting over planned facilities supporting light rail again.
Gentle density: A bill in California would allow duplexes on most urban...
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City Beautiful explores the topic of land reclamation, the process of turning shallow water areas into land.
Eight passenger-only ferry routes across Puget Sound have made the cut for inclusion in a detailed study by the Puget Sound Regional Council.
The Puget...
More ferry trips: Washington State Ferries is restoring service to pre-pandemic levels on some ferry routes.
Heroes: Some postal workers in Washington are defying orders...