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.
Snohomish County has formally identified preferred locations for two light rail stations, between Everett and Lynnwood, planned in urban unincorporated areas as part of...
King County Metro has, for the second time since the pandemic started in earnest, restored some bus service as of Monday. The transit agency...
https://youtu.be/PfqXqJxwFfI
With a 16-foot wide lot in the middle of a city, what can be done to build a single residence for a family?
Purple Line preview: Maryland's Purple Line light rail project, an extension of the Washington Metrorail, is set to see the first railcars this year.
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A new income-based fare pilot program will provide help support low-income riders on Sound Transit services for up to two years as the transit...
Work on Sound Transit's bus rapid transit program--Stride--is progressing, though slower than originally hoped. Some Stride lines' targeted openings have slipped from 2024 to...
https://youtu.be/P27HRClMf2U
Vox explains what masks can actually do to reduce transmission of diseases like COVID-19 and what people should know about them.
Most construction projects in Washington have been stalled out since mid-March when Governor Jay Inslee deemed the industry largely non-essential, except for critical infrastructure...