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.
Pandemic impacts are lingering and hitting transit hard as operator shortages persist. Pierce Transit has announced a round of temporary service reductions because of those shortages that will go into effect as soon as Sunday. Pierce Transit's bus routes will be impacted, as well as routes the agency operates...
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Not Just Bikes takes on the issue of how cities often throw a lot of money at bad car infrastructure. Through the lens of London, Ontario, Jason Slaughter explains how the city recently pulled back on a very expensive road expansions for cars. But will the city take this...
https://youtu.be/NcUx5r_ksk8
Dave Amos explains why it’s so hard to oppose highway expansion projects and why highway expansions are so pervasive in America, even though highway expansions are usually a poor policy choice.
20-lane nightmare: Austin is not very excited about a proposed 20-lane highway.
Delayed: The West Seattle and Ballard Link DEIS will be further delayed.
Go green: What are climate policies that cities should adopt?
Back to transit: A new Seattle dad finds his way back to transit because of his child.
Greener delivery:...
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Why are cross-platform transfers for transit so good?
Greyhound Bus Lines will restore cross-border service as soon as November 8th, according to new schedules posted on the company website. It will be the first time in 19 months that the company has provided cross-border service between Canada and the United States due to pandemic travel suspensions on...
https://youtu.be/Ml-ZP-_e_o4
Vox explores why so many new buildings seem to prominently feature rectangular panels as exterior cladding.
Questionable noise: The use of sirens on emergency vehicles may do more harm than good ($).
Carless: Households without cars in America may be more common than you think.
Art at CPA: What's the state of art at Climate Pledge Arena?
Lesson from Berlin: Next City outlines four things American can learn...