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.
Yesterday, the City of Seattle issued the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the city's comprehensive plan update, known as Seattle 2035. The comprehensive plan update will guide how Seattle grows, and covers things like housing, land use, transportation, environment, utilities, capital facilities, parks, and neighborhoods. The 394-page DEIS is the...
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A Baltimore councilmember discusses racism and the challenges of socio-economically deprived communities in urban America in light of the Baltimore riots.
Quick fix: The Seattle Department of Transportation rolled out some small changes to the Roosevelt Way protected bikes lanes in the University District this week in response to recent collisions.
Not just here: Seattle isn't the only place with a housing crisis, Greater Greater Washington shares their housing problem in DC in...
Transit App pushed out an update this week that serves Everett even better than before. Users of the app service will now see Everett Transit (ET) bus schedules appear in the app when in the Everett area or trip planning to destinations in Everett. This comes on the heels of a...
The City of Seattle is beginning a process to enhance the city's Design Review Program, which dates back to 1994. The basic structure of the program has remained largely the same since then, despite small modifications occurring over the past two decades--the most recent of which was rolled out...
Look who is the face of Metro! Our good friend Nathan talks about why driving for King County Metro Transit has been a fit and unexpected journey for him. If you haven't been following his stories as a Metro driver, you should!
Changing Lanes: Blueprints for a New Road Order on Seattle Channel.
Janette Sadik-Khan, former New York City Transportation Commissioner, came to Seattle to talk about her experience with progressive transportation policy and implementation and what the future holds for our public right-of-ways. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and SDOT Director Scott...
New York Walker: A New York Times Magazine cover went viral highlighting a pasting of a walker in front of the Flatiron Building.
Unworthy: Seattle Transit Blog asks if transit advocates should be worried about Sound Transit's initial concept plans for a Sound Transit 3 ballot measure--all of the proposals are...