Placemaking

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

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

Permanent Parklets?

Permanent Parklets?

Sebastopol has been fortunate to have had 3 parklets installed [...]

By pcfritz|2022-10-04T23:55:25+00:00October 4, 2022|Categories: Parklets, Placemaking, Sebastopol, streets, urban design, Urban Vitality|Tags: Caltrans Parklet, Parklets, Placemaking, Sebastopol, urban design, Urban Vitality|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

Parking Requirement Impacts on Small Town Urbanism

Sebastopol, like many other small towns, needs to get a [...]

By pcfritz|2015-07-19T16:34:37+00:00July 19, 2015|Categories: Density, land use, parking, Placemaking, Sebastopol, streets, urban design, Urban Vitality|Tags: Community Character, human places, infill development, land use, Main Street Sebastopol, parking, Placemaking, Sebastopol, small town, street design, urban design, Urban Vitality, walkability|2 Comments

After Hours Vitality and a Movie Theater

I was asked recently to suggest ways to provide vitality [...]

By pcfritz|2015-04-24T12:05:40+00:00April 24, 2015|Categories: land use, pedestrian connections, Sebastopol, The Barlow, Urban Vitality|Tags: connectivity, missed opportunity, pedestrians, Placemaking, Sebastopol, Sebastopol Documentary Film Fesitval, Sebastopol Rialto Cinema, The Barlow, Urban Vitality, walkability|1 Comment

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

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