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.
LAX-LAS: A private passenger rail service is poised to launch next year between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
15-minute cities: Top mayors are pledging to...
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Cheddar documents the rise of glass building and skyscrapers and how tides are beginning to turn against the overuse of glass in skyscrapers.
https://youtu.be/qp5CEcIyk94
Vox explains how human expansion into natural habitats is directly linked to the spread of new and deadly diseases in human populations.
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Bloomberg CityLab explains how cities can rebuild around bikes quickly for the Covid and post-Covid era and why it’s vitally important to do so....
Open top buses: In London, a tour bus company wants to use open top buses for commuters.
AFFH Rule row: The occupant of the White...
Inadequate: The CARES Act has come up short for transit and existing formulas for funding are inadequate.
Scott Walker's ghost: Wisconsin's Democratic governor is still...
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The fight to make Washington, D.C. a state has been a long one. But the idea has been consistently brushed aside. Why do people...
The Federal Way Link light rail extension has officially broke ground. Sound Transit announced the milestone on Thursday, though with much less fanfare due...