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.
Anna Zivarts joined for The Urbanist's March meetup. Zivarts is director of the Disability Mobility Initiative at Disability Rights Washington and is a low-vision mom and nondriver who was born with the neurological condition nystagmus. In the meetup video, Zivarts discussed the Move Ahead Washington transportation package that passed...
The Snohomish County Council moved to expand allowances for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) such as backyard cottages in rural areas this week. However, the step was unusual given that it was directly at odds with the Growth Management Act (GMA) and regional growth policy that directly discourage population growth...
CityNerd ranks the top ten public markets in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Seattle makes the list.
Quiet zone: Paris's "quiet zone" is set to move forward, calming central neighborhoods of car traffic.
Disastrous environmental review: In California, a new bill would exempt housing constructed by state colleges from environmental review ($) in response to a crisis environmental review law has created.
Subway shelter: In Ukraine, subways...
CityNerd takes a dive into some of the most interesting freeways lids in the United States. Several freeway lids in the Seattle area make appearances.
This week’s Transpo Notes highlights include details on: Sound Transit's new ticket vending machines, the Green Lake Outer Loop project, transit service changes, Angle Lake Station transit-oriented development, and café street and outdoor dining permit extension in Seattle.
Sound Transit testing new ticket vending machines
New ticket vending machines are being...
Vox explores what gentrification is and is not, and comes in defense of the "Gentrification Building" that grabbed a lot of attention on TikTok.
No problem: Fayetteville hasn't has minimum parking requirements for six years, so how is that going?
Fare-free February: In the Salt Lake City area, the region's transit agency has been offering fare-free transit and has seen some positive ridership results.
Gas gimmicks: California Democrats aren't as enthusiastic as Governor Gavin Newsom...