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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

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

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

Cycling Copenhagen, Through North American Eyes – A Streetfilms production

Cycling Copenhagen, Through North American Eyes – A Streetfilms production

Came across this video today posted on Walkable West Palm [...]

By pcfritz|2015-10-09T10:37:21+00:00October 9, 2015|Categories: biking|Tags: bikeability, street design|Comments Off

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

Changing Attitudes About Walking and Biking

I live in a small town. The population is around [...]

By pcfritz|2015-02-13T14:19:09+00:00February 13, 2015|Categories: biking, schools, Sebastopol, Walk and Roll to School, walking|Tags: bikeability, Kevin Klinkenburg, Sebastopol, Sebastopol Charter School, small town, Walk and Roll to School, walkability|1 Comment

Smart School Siting – 4

Today's post will be an update on the Sebastopol Charter [...]

By pcfritz|2014-12-19T15:47:48+00:00December 19, 2014|Categories: land use, pedestrian connections, schools, Sebastopol, Traffic, urban design, zoning|Tags: bikeability, climate change, connectivity, Drive-through windows, Sebastopol Charter School|0 Comments

Main Street Crossing Improvements via a New Protected Bike Lane

While this post started as a way to look at [...]

By pcfritz|2014-10-31T13:20:12+00:00October 31, 2014|Categories: bike lanes, pedestrian connections, Placemaking, Sebastopol, streets, urban design, walkable streets|Tags: bikeability, connectivity, human places, one-way streets, pedestrians, Placemaking, protected bike lane, safe street crossing|0 Comments

Traffic Lane Width Reduction Improves Safety

I came across this article today by Jeff Speck where [...]

By pcfritz|2014-10-10T13:32:02+00:00October 10, 2014|Categories: Sebastopol, street design, streets, Traffic, urban design, walkable streets|Tags: bikeability, Jeff Speck, lane width, lane widths, one-way streets, pedestrian safety, road diet, road safety, street design, traffic lane width reduction|0 Comments

Sharing the Streets

I came across this interesting video that demonstrates the concept [...]

By pcfritz|2014-05-09T12:30:20+00:00May 9, 2014|Categories: land use, Sebastopol, streets, Traffic, urban design|Tags: bikeability, pedestrians, shared streets, street design, transportation, urban design, walkability|0 Comments