street design

Successful People Places – The Barlow versus Main Street

Successful People Places – The Barlow versus Main Street

Sebastopol is a great case study in what makes a [...]

By pcfritz|2023-02-04T01:22:14+00:00February 6, 2023|Categories: Placemaking, Sebastopol, street design, streets, The Barlow, urban design, Urban Vitality|Tags: people places, Sebastopol, smalltownurbanism, The Barlow|1 Comment

(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

Parklet Update

Parklet Update

Since November of 2020 Sebastopol has had 3 parklets installed [...]

By pcfritz|2022-03-11T23:02:06+00:00March 11, 2022|Categories: Parklets, Placemaking, Sebastopol, street design, streets, traffic calming, urban design, walkable streets|Tags: Caltrans, human places, Parklets, pedestrian infrastructure, pedestrians, Sebastopol, street design, traffic calming, urban design, walkability|0 Comments

Pedestrian Infrastructure ‘Improvements’

Pedestrian Infrastructure ‘Improvements’

Downtown Sebastopol is bisected by two Caltrans controlled state highways. [...]

By pcfritz|2020-11-13T19:42:46+00:00November 13, 2020|Categories: pedestrian connections, Pedestrian Safety, Sebastopol, street design, streets, Traffic, walkable streets, walking|Tags: crosswalks, intersection design, pedestrian connectivity, pedestrian improvements, pedestrian infrastructure, pedestrian safety, Sebastopol, traffic, walkability|0 Comments

The Parklet Project

The Parklet Project

The Parklet Project was a success! We set up 3 [...]

By pcfritz|2025-02-02T04:53:12+00:00May 3, 2017|Categories: Pedestrian Safety, Placemaking, Sebastopol, street design, streets, The Core Project, Urban Vitality, walkable streets|Tags: human scale, Parklets, pedestrians, public space, sidewalks|1 Comment

Slow Down Cat

Slow Down Cat

The City of Sebastopol recently debuted it's most recent attempt [...]

By pcfritz|2015-11-13T10:59:42+00:00November 13, 2015|Categories: Pedestrian Safety, Placemaking, Sebastopol, street design, traffic calming|Tags: Main Street Sebastopol, Patrick Amiot, pedestrian safety, Placemaking, Sebastopol, traffic calming|3 Comments

Main Street Vacancies

Main Street Vacancies

Recently closed restaurant Recently closed toy store [...]

By pcfritz|2015-09-29T17:25:02+00:00September 29, 2015|Categories: Placemaking, Sebastopol, street design, The Barlow, The Core Project, walkable streets|Tags: human places, human scale, Main Street Sebastopol, pedestrians, Sebastopol, The Barlow, The Core Project, vacant storefronts, walkability|2 Comments

Over-wide streets

I've discussed the issue of lane width several times on [...]

By pcfritz|2015-08-14T12:48:04+00:00August 14, 2015|Categories: Pedestrian Safety, street design, streets|Tags: bikeability, pedestrian safety, Sebastopol, street design, traffic lane width reduction|0 Comments

Community Character, State Highways and Walkability

One of the topics at our General Plan Advisory Committee [...]

By pcfritz|2015-03-15T18:03:23+00:00March 15, 2015|Categories: pedestrian connections, Placemaking, Sebastopol, street design, Traffic, urban design, walkable streets|Tags: Commercial Nodes, Community Character, connectivity, Gravenstein Highway North, Gravenstein Highway South, human places, human scale, Sebastopol, State Highway, street design, Street Smart Sebastopol, urban design, walkability|0 Comments

Traffic Calming

I am a member of the Sebastopol General Plan Advisory [...]

By pcfritz|2014-11-14T14:05:12+00:00November 14, 2014|Categories: Sebastopol, street design, streets, Traffic, Uncategorized, urban design, walkable streets|Tags: human places, pedestrians, Placemaking, raised intersection, street design, traffic calming, urban design, walkability, walkable streets|4 Comments

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