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The Happy City

Just read a great blog post from Mr. Money Mustache. [...]

By pcfritz|2017-02-11T22:19:05+00:00February 11, 2017|Categories: biking, cost of sprawl, land use, Strong Towns, Traffic, urban design, walkable streets, walking, zoning|Tags: land value, road safety, sprawl, traffic, transportation|0 Comments

Smart School Siting – The Final Chapter

Smart School Siting – The Final Chapter

(For background on this issue, see these previous posts: Smart School [...]

By pcfritz|2016-11-11T16:45:49+00:00November 11, 2016|Categories: land use, schools, Sebastopol, Urban Growth Boundary|Tags: school siting, Sebastopol Charter School, Sebastopol City Council, sprawl|0 Comments

Smart School Siting – 5

The end is near. After many years of working with [...]

By pcfritz|2016-10-13T17:35:48+00:00October 13, 2016|Categories: land use, schools, Sebastopol, Urban Growth Boundary|Tags: school siting, Sebastopol Charter School, sprawl, zoning|0 Comments

Understanding the Relationship Betweeen Development Fees, Infrastructure and Tax Revenue

Last week, the local newspaper ran an article about the [...]

By pcfritz|2015-08-23T13:30:41+00:00August 23, 2015|Categories: cost of sprawl, Housing, land use|Tags: cost of sprawl, Development Fees, Housing, infill development, Infrastructure Cost, land value, SMART Train, sprawl, Strong Towns, Urban3|0 Comments

Surrey Parking Standards

I like the way this blog post illustrates what would [...]

By pcfritz|2015-02-06T16:54:18+00:00February 6, 2015|Categories: land use, parking, Sebastopol, streets, urban design, zoning|Tags: infill development, parking, sprawl, underdeveloped lots, urban design|0 Comments

Property tax impacts of sprawl

There is a growing body of evidence that shows how [...]

By pcfritz|2014-06-12T14:04:47+00:00June 12, 2014|Categories: cost of sprawl, land use, Sebastopol, urban design|Tags: cost of sprawl, density, land value, property taxes, sprawl, urban design|3 Comments

The D-word

The word density tends to elicit a strong, generally negative, [...]

By pcfritz|2014-03-28T10:40:53+00:00March 28, 2014|Categories: land use, Sebastopol, Uncategorized, urban design, walkable streets, zoning|Tags: bikeability, density, pedestrians, small town, sprawl, urban design, walkability|0 Comments

Smart School Siting – 3

This post is a continuation of 2 previous posts which [...]

By pcfritz|2014-01-31T14:24:16+00:00January 31, 2014|Categories: land use, schools, Sebastopol, urban design|Tags: bikeability, climate change, school siting, Sebastopol Charter School, sprawl, urban design, walkability|0 Comments

The Freedom of Walking

For being at the intersection of 2 state highways and [...]

By pcfritz|2014-01-17T15:54:59+00:00January 17, 2014|Categories: streets, urban design, walkable streets|Tags: connectivity, pedestrians, sprawl, transportation, walkability, walkable streets|0 Comments

Smart School Siting – 2

As discussed previously, the Sebastopol Charter School (SCS) is in [...]

By pcfritz|2013-12-13T16:02:20+00:00December 13, 2013|Categories: land use, pedestrian connections, Sebastopol|Tags: bikeability, climate change, pedestrian, school siting, Sebastopol Charter School, sprawl, sustainable design, urban design, walkability|1 Comment