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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

Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Alternatives

Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Alternatives

The consultant team working on the Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning [...]

By pcfritz|2026-02-05T01:52:16+00:00February 5, 2026|Categories: bike lanes, Downtown Development, Placemaking, Sebastopol, street design, streets, Traffic, traffic calming, urban design, Urban Vitality, walkable streets|Tags: Caltrans, human places, Main Street Sebastopol, Placemaking, Sebastopol, smalltownurbanism, street design, urban design, Urban Vitality, walkability, 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

Sebastopol PorchFest 2024

Sebastopol PorchFest 2024

A couple weekends ago, Sebastopol PorchFest occured in my neighborhood. [...]

By pcfritz|2024-09-26T22:35:24+00:00September 26, 2024|Categories: Placemaking, Sebastopol, streets, walkable streets|Tags: Placemaking, Sebastopol, Sebastopol PorchFest, walkable streets|0 Comments

Porches and Walkability

Porches and Walkability

One of the things I realized when I led the [...]

By pcfritz|2024-08-29T21:35:16+00:00August 29, 2024|Categories: Housing, Placemaking, Sebastopol, streets, walkable streets|Tags: porches, smalltownurbanism, walkability|0 Comments

Parking Opportunities

Parking Opportunities

It is common to hear how difficult it is to [...]

By pcfritz|2023-12-16T23:19:41+00:00November 11, 2023|Categories: parking, Sebastopol, streets|Tags: parking, Sebastopol, small town, small town urbanism, street design|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

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