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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

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

LivXplore Podcast

I was recently asked to participate in a podcast with [...]

By pcfritz|2023-12-21T21:11:35+00:00December 21, 2023|Categories: Accessory Dwelling Units, Background, bike lanes, biking, Downtown Development, Housing, pedestrian connections, urban design, Urban Growth Boundary, Urban Vitality, walkable streets, walking, zoning|Tags: 15-minute cities, ADUs, affordable housing, human places, infill development, land use, Sebastopol, small town, The Barlow, urban design, walkability|0 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

Parklets Help to Create Place

Parklets Help to Create Place

The temporary parklet permits issued by Caltrans during the early [...]

By pcfritz|2023-01-14T01:17:07+00:00January 14, 2023|Categories: Parklets, Placemaking, Sebastopol, Urban Vitality|Tags: Caltrans, car-oriented infrastructure, human places, Parklets, people places, Sebastopol, urban design, vibrancy|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

Park(ing) Day 2021

Park(ing) Day 2021

Today is Park(ing) Day! Started in San Francisco in 2005, [...]

By pcfritz|2021-09-17T23:42:25+00:00September 17, 2021|Categories: Placemaking, Sebastopol, streets, Urban Vitality, walkable streets|Tags: human places, PARK(ing) Day, Parklets, Sebastopol, small town, urban design, walkability|0 Comments

Disregard for Pedestrian Space

Disregard for Pedestrian Space

I am often troubled by the complete disregard many drivers [...]

By pcfritz|2016-08-03T21:54:40+00:00August 3, 2016|Categories: parking, Pedestrian Safety, Sebastopol|Tags: human places, pedestrian safety, pedestrians, walkability, walkable streets|0 Comments