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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

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

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

One-Way Couplets

One-Way Couplets

One-way couplets are pairs of parallel streets separated by a [...]

By pcfritz|2024-11-08T19:47:45+00:00November 8, 2024|Categories: Sebastopol|Tags: Main Street Sebastopol, pedestrian improvements, Sebastopol, traffic|1 Comment

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

Why Does Zoning Prohibit What We Love?

Why Does Zoning Prohibit What We Love?

These first four images of downtown Sebastopol are what most [...]

By pcfritz|2024-09-14T18:57:33+00:00September 16, 2024|Categories: Downtown Development, Sebastopol, zoning|Tags: arbitrary lines, eliminateparkingminimums, Sebastopol, smalltownurbanism, zoning code|0 Comments

Downtown Banks

Downtown Banks

I recently moved into a new office. I'm on [...]

By pcfritz|2024-07-05T22:23:24+00:00July 8, 2024|Categories: land use, Sebastopol, Urban Vitality, walkable streets|Tags: downtown banks, land use, no more drive-throughs, Sebastopol, small town urbanism|0 Comments