pedestrian safety

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

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

(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

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

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

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

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

The Responsibility of Pedestrians

I walk. A lot. I try to walk or bike [...]

By pcfritz|2015-05-17T23:18:29+00:00May 17, 2015|Categories: pedestrian connections, Pedestrian Safety, Sebastopol, streets|Tags: pedestrian safety, pedestrians, road safety, safe street crossing, Sebastopol|1 Comment