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.
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Paper City by Maciek Janicki on Vimeo.
Just in time for the holidays, a beautiful video of a snowy, paper city.
On the docket: A 6-story, mixed-use building could be on the horizon for 23rd Ave and Union St, but it's still subject to Council approval in January.
New blues: On Thursday, the Seattle Police Department debuted a whole new uniform, department logo and patch, vehicle design, and options for police...
Yesterday, the Sound Transit Board held their final meeting for 2014. There was a lot on the agenda in order to close out the year, including: an agreement with Amtrak to operate along Sound Transit-owned trackage in Pierce County, adoption of the 2015 Service Implementation Plan, and a presentation on improving...
The Puget Sound Regional Council, the regional authority charged with managing growth, published some interesting results on subsidized transportation from their Spring 2014 Regional Travel Study. The PSRC found that there is a massive imbalance between workers receiving subsidized parking and subsidized transit benefits.
A bit more than half of all workers in...
Yesterday, Governor Jay Inslee (D-WA) held a press conference on a new 12-year transportation policy for Washington State. His backdrop for the event was the recently-opened transit center on SR 520. During his press event, the Governor announced his plan for a $12.2 billion statewide multimodal transportation package. The vision for...
Community Transit is toying with the idea of a Paine Field-Mill Creek-Bothell BRT line dubbed as Swift II on the fifth anniversary of their highly successful Swift service.
The agency projects that a BRT line along that alignment would generate 3,300 riders on opening day. The corridor would be composed of up to...
Reduced transit services begin today on King County Metro Transit routes and last through January 2nd. Routes specifically impacted are the 31, 32, 48, 65, 67, 68, 75, 167, 197, 271, 277, 372, and 373. Cancelled trips are indicated by “No UW” on timetables. Next week, other reductions will occur for...
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144-car ferry Tokitae construction time lapse by WSDOT on YouTube.
The Washington State Ferries is commissioning three Olympic-class ferries. Here's a timelapse video of the MV Tokitae, which went into service this past summer.