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.
In case you haven't heard, there's a big proposition on the November ballot for Seattle residents called "Proposition 1". The proposition is a transit-only funding measure bus service within Seattle. While the upcoming September service reductions are already set in stone, the future rounds can be cancelled with funding delivered...
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Experience the "Snake" bridge in Copenhagen and other innovations that the city continues to implement. Mikael Colville-Andersen gives some really good insight into the improvements.
Seattle state of mind: Seattlish wonderfully takes down the micro-housing concern trolls on their parking fallacy. A new 10th Ave and Union St apartment is ready to open to tenants, but there is a small problem for the developer. North Seattle may have found its candidate for next year's council...
In yesterday's morning article, Guy gave us his initial impressions of the new Second Avenue Protected Bike Lanes, and a few suggestions about how they could be improved. One thing that he had suggested was traffic light changes for left-turning and straight-through traffic at intersections along Second Avenue.
During the first...
PARK(ing) Day is nearly here! And, we're taking over some parking spaces to create a fun and interactive parklet. We plan to have board games, street furniture, and a bike repair station set up right in the heart of Downtown Seattle.
We'd love to see you! Drop by for coffee,...
Local elects are meeting right now at University of Washington Station to talk about a new approach to integrated transit services throughout the Puget Sound. Aleks gave us an update on King County Executive Dow Constantine's plan back in June. Constantine called for better ways to rationalize and align...
A lot of the talk these days is about rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft when it comes to private urban mobility services while other competitors fly under the radar. But last week, Car2Go made some big waves by announcing that its parent company Moovel had gobbled up RideScout and mytaxi, two...
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