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.
Feds love SDOT: The USDOT is apparently gushing about how well Seattle is doing road safety projects.
Charting household emotions: What does a room make you feel? Evidently a lot as these charts suggest.
Berlin capping rents: Berlin expands rent caps for new contracts; landlords are prohibited from charging more than 10%...
Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release our endorsements.
Rod Hearne is a long-time politico making his first run for elected office. He first became active in politics through his interest and passion for LGBTQ issues...
Local transit agencies are about to begin their June service changes and there's a lot of good news to report. The big four Puget Sound ground-based transit agencies are all rolling out their shakeups beginning this weekend. King County Metro, Community Transit, and Pierce Transit will start providing considerably...
If you happen to have an hour and a half on hand, take a peek at the very thrilling and intriguing public conversation on Seattle 2035. Last Wednesday, the City of Seattle held a public hearing to listen to the perspectives of residents and stakeholders on the four alternatives...
Seth Goodman of Reinventing Parking shared some nuanced perspectives on the negative social, economic, and environmental impacts of off-street parking requirements in article yesterday. Backing up those perspectives up, Goodman provided two very useful diagrams to show how off-street parking requirements build cost into development and at what cost this is passed onto...
Hours before a public hearing on the Transportation Levy to Move Seattle, Councilmember Nick Licata has released his alternative plan for funding the bold citywide transportation investment program. Licata's plan differs from the one pitched by Mayor Ed Murray by using a mix of funding sources while still meeting...
Wallingford is a hotbed for new development with more than a dozen large-scale development projects in the planning and construction phases. Most of this activity has been centered on the neighborhood's prominent thoroughfares of Stone Way and N 45th St. One project that will soon add new residents and businesses is N...
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Our Disposable Architecture by TEDx Talks on YouTube.
A look at how our modern architecture has turned into throw away architecture, which lacks durability and integrity. This by extension has serious economic, health, environmental, and social consequences.