Pedestrian Safety

Sebastopol Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Grant – Final Decision

Sebastopol Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Grant – Final Decision

Sebastopol was awareded a Sustainable Transportation Grant from Caltrans a [...]

By pcfritz|2026-06-08T19:21:47+00:00June 6, 2026|Categories: bike lanes, biking, Downtown Development, Pedestrian Safety, Placemaking, Sebastopol, street design, streets, traffic calming, urban design, Urban Vitality, walkable streets|Tags: bikeability, Caltrans, connectivity, human places, Main Street Sebastopol, pedestrian infrastructure, Sebastopol, smalltownurbanism, street design, Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant, traffic calming, traffic safety, urban design, walkability, walkable streets|1 Comment

Caltrans Grant Decisions

Caltrans Grant Decisions

The Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant is coming into the [...]

By pcfritz|2026-02-24T20:16:28+00:00February 24, 2026|Categories: Pedestrian Safety, Placemaking, Sebastopol, street design, Strong Towns, Traffic, traffic calming, urban design, Urban Vitality, walkable streets|Tags: bicyclist safety, bikeability, Caltrans, human places, Main Street, Main Street Sebastopol, pedestrian safety, Placemaking, Sebastopol, smalltownurbanism, street design, traffic safety, transportation, urban design, Urban Vitality, walkable streets|0 Comments

Congestion, p.s.

I thought of something else I believe is worth pointing [...]

By pcfritz|2025-12-20T01:34:40+00:00December 20, 2025|Categories: Pedestrian Safety, Placemaking, Sebastopol, street design, streets, Strong Towns, Traffic, urban design, Urban Vitality, walkable streets|Tags: human places, Main Street Sebastopol, pedestrian safety, pedestrians, Placemaking, Sebastopol, small town urbanism, smalltownurbanism, urban design, Urban Vitality, walkability, walkable streets|4 Comments

Congestion

People hate traffic. I get it. Who wants to sit [...]

By pcfritz|2025-12-19T01:21:16+00:00December 19, 2025|Categories: Pedestrian Safety, Placemaking, Sebastopol, street design, streets, Traffic, Urban Vitality, walkable streets|Tags: bikeability, Caltrans, congestion, Main Street Sebastopol, Sebastopol, smalltownurbanism, street design, traffic, transportation, urban design, walkability, walkable streets|0 Comments

Main Street Speeds

Main Street Speeds

I was recently able to borrow a speed detector from [...]

By pcfritz|2025-04-05T00:30:57+00:00April 5, 2025|Categories: Pedestrian Safety, Sebastopol, street design, walkable streets|Tags: Main Street Sebastopol, pedestrian safety, Sebastopol, slow the cars, speeding, walkability|1 Comment

Intersections Where Cars Are Prioritized at the Expense of Safe Pedestrian Crossing

Intersections Where Cars Are Prioritized at the Expense of Safe Pedestrian Crossing

SLIP LANES While passing through a Sebastopol intersection on my [...]

By pcfritz|2025-02-15T01:07:01+00:00February 15, 2025|Categories: Pedestrian Safety, Sebastopol, street design, traffic calming, walkable streets|Tags: car-oriented infrastructure, pedestrian safety, slip lanes, walkability, walkable streets|4 Comments

Sebastopol Walk Audit – Follow-up

Sebastopol Walk Audit – Follow-up

I led a Walk Audit in downtown Sebastopol May 13th. [...]

By pcfritz|2023-05-20T00:39:28+00:00May 20, 2023|Categories: Pedestrian Safety, Sebastopol, urban design, walkable streets|Tags: human places, pedestrians, Sebastopol, small town, walk audit, walkability|0 Comments

Sebastopol Walk Audit

Sebastopol Walk Audit

There are many components of our built world that can [...]

By pcfritz|2023-12-16T23:01:04+00:00May 11, 2023|Categories: Pedestrian Safety, Sebastopol, street design, streets, urban design, walkable streets, walking|Tags: pedestrians, Sebastopol, small town, walk audit, walkability|0 Comments

(Lack of) Walking Infrastructure

(Lack of) Walking Infrastructure

I'm going a bit beyond the smalltownurbanism.com typical focus on [...]

By pcfritz|2022-10-18T17:47:15+00:00October 17, 2022|Categories: pedestrian connections, Pedestrian Safety, schools, street design, streets, walkable streets, walking|Tags: pedestrian infrastructure, pedestrian safety, pedestrians, UCSD, UCSD walkability, walkability|0 Comments

Unnecessary Beg Button Conflicts

Unnecessary Beg Button Conflicts

If you haven't heard the name before, beg buttons are [...]

By pcfritz|2022-06-22T20:56:11+00:00June 22, 2022|Categories: Pedestrian Safety, Sebastopol, streets, walking|Tags: beg buttons, crosswalks, pedestrians, Sebastopol, vehicle pedestrian conflict, walkability|0 Comments