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.
It was a busy week for transportation in Puget Sound and Washington. Here's a rundown of some of the week's biggest transportation-related developments.
Federal Way slated to be home to next OMF
On Thursday, Sound Transit’s System Expansion Committee recommended a site in Federal Way as the preferred alternative for the...
Boardmembers face a tough choice that could impact when the Tacoma Dome and West Seattle Link Extension open.
The Sound Transit board of directors have a big decision to make on siting a new operations and maintenance facility. Today, the board's System Expansion Committee is set to recommend a preferred...
Not Just Bikes demonstrates how The Netherlands usually offers people many safe modes of transportation to reach their intended destinations, including to an IKEA. Doing this on bike isn't a chore and comes with relatively good bike infrastructure. So why is it that other countries limit choices?
A revised budget for King County Metro will expand resources in 2022, allowing the agency to restore more service and focus on additional capital investments. Approved in November, the revised budget increases transit operations funding by nearly $55 million and appropriates $114 million in capital investments.
The revised budget will...
City Beautiful visits San Antonio to evaluate the city's river walk as walkable urbanism. The city's riverwalk isn't the only one of its kind, but it does stand out for its own charm and uniqueness.
Unblock bus stops: San Francisco will ensure that cars stop parking in bus zones.
Septic systems: Fixing septic systems is key to protecting Puget Sound shellfish, Crosscut reports.
No extension: King County's homelessness authority won't extend a hotel contract in Seattle.
500,000: Los Angeles has adopted policy to create 500,000 new...
New battery-electric buses (BEBs) will start appearing on Pierce Transit routes, the agency has announced today, just in time for the holidays. Six new BEBs will begin service on about a dozen different routes, joining the three BEBs that the agency already has on hand.
"These buses are a...
Amsterdam's approach to waste and recycle collection differs greatly from the North American one. Not Just Bikes shows how waste and recycle is collected underground at regular intervals within neighborhoods and picked up as needed by crews.