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.
WSDOT officially has a date for removal of those awful, rotting concrete ramps to nowhere over Union Bay. Now if they could only actually fund the replacement portion of SR-520 in Seattle and get it right... (But hey, apparently WSDOT staff hate bicyclists, buses, and pedestrians. Go figure.)
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Thanks to all those who came out for a special meetup for the University District Open Space forum last Tuesday. This week, we'll be holding our regular weekly working meeting. Feel free to drop by Roy Street Coffee and Tea any time from 6pm to 9pm. We'll have an...
Pronto! bikes are already circulating the city. They'll be available for all users beginning at 1pm. See our earlier coverage on the launch from this morning for more information or the Pronto! blog.
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Green/Duwamish Watershed Strategy by King County on Vimeo.
Arrogance of space: Latvians take the whole arrogance of space thing seriously by biking around and showing how wasted space is by cars.
Fair share streets: Sightline continues its series on creating fair share streets by taking a look at bunch of case studies.
Let the kids bus it: A parent...
The days of the old Breda and Phantom electric trolleybuses are numbered. Here's a sneak peak at one of the new 40-foot low-floor electric trolleybuses. Built by New Flyer, the bus is wrapped in Metro purple and gold. You should start seeing them in regular service come 2015 in...
Third Avenue serves as the main surface artery for transit in Downtown Seattle between Denny Way and S Jackson Street. Over 42,000 people board some 2,500 buses in the corridor every weekday. To create a better environment for bus riders, King County Metro Transit and the Seattle Department of Transportation...
A three-part series of community forums to discuss future open space in the U District starts tonight (as we noted last week). Sponsored by the U District Partnership, the forum will explore the types of activities and values that University District residents want for open space. Future forums will take...