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.
RM Transit visits all 53 Vancouver SkyTrain stations. Though a bit long, the sped up video carries good discussion about the system's design, operations, and pros and cons. Also discussed in the video is how Vancouver has grown around the stations.
Edmonds anti-streatery: Edmonds' new streatery policy appears to be scaring businesses off and risks the future of a permanent program ($).
Manhattan rezones: New York City finally approved a rezone of Soho and Noho.
Ocean Drive drives again: Miami's Ocean Drive will partially reopen to cars after a Covid-era conversion to...
This week’s Traspo Notes highlights: hearing on an additive Sound Transit funding bill, cats and dogs can ride the King County Water Taxi, the state transportation department has a new mobility plan, Seattle café streets are poised for an extension, and Via to Transit expands in Renton.
Additive Sound Transit...
The Washington State Legislature has recently kicked off its 2022 session. It's going to be a shorter session than last year since even-numbered years only have a 60-day session period. However, the legislative agenda promises to be full with both new bills and some bills that were introduced last...
In a notice late this evening, King County Metro warned that service may be affected over the next two weeks with heavy cancellations. The agency was vague in expected service level reductions, but promised that more than 90% of scheduled service would operate. Metro blamed the service reductions on...
Vox explains how oysters could reduce flooding in the New York City area and other places as sea level rises. But restoring oyster reefs is no easy task.
This week, The Urbanist got a legislative preview from Representatives Nicole Macri (D-43rd District) and Jessica Bateman (D-22nd District) as well as Senator Joe Nguyen (D-34th District) ahead of the 2022 state legislative session. The trio talked about wide ranging legislation, including zoning and transportation policy.
This week's Traspo Notes highlights: schedule changes to Link, statewide transportation package funding policy, a new trail segment in Bellevue, staffing challenges at King County Metro, and key transportation funding requests by Governor Jay Inslee.
Sound Transit making changes to Link schedules
Today, Sound Transit implements a revised schedule for Link...