urban design

Parking Opportunities

On my walk to the cafe this morning I walked [...]

By pcfritz|2014-07-25T15:49:32+00:00July 25, 2014|Categories: land use, parking, Sebastopol, streets, Uncategorized, urban design|Tags: infill development, parking, pedestrians, street network, structured parking, underdeveloped lots, urban design, vacant lots|1 Comment

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

Sharing the Streets

I came across this interesting video that demonstrates the concept [...]

By pcfritz|2014-05-09T12:30:20+00:00May 9, 2014|Categories: land use, Sebastopol, streets, Traffic, urban design|Tags: bikeability, pedestrians, shared streets, street design, transportation, urban design, walkability|0 Comments

Prosperity means places

I came across this video today which I think does [...]

By pcfritz|2014-04-18T13:18:20+00:00April 18, 2014|Categories: Uncategorized, urban design, vision|Tags: human places, pedestrians, small town, urban design, walkability|0 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

Parking

I've recently read 'Walkable City' by Jeff Speck. It's a [...]

By pcfritz|2014-02-28T12:09:43+00:00February 28, 2014|Categories: land use, parking, Sebastopol, streets, urban design, walkable streets|Tags: parking, pedestrians, street design, transportation, urban design, walkability, walkable streets|1 Comment

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

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

Not a place for people

Main Street Sebastopol has great potential, but it is not [...]

By pcfritz|2013-11-24T15:09:43+00:00November 24, 2013|Categories: Sebastopol, streets, urban design, walkable streets|Tags: pedestrians, Sebastopol Charter School, street design, urban design, walkable streets|1 Comment

A Wide One-Way Street

Sebastopol has a traffic problem. And It's not the number [...]

By pcfritz|2013-11-08T22:59:31+00:00November 8, 2013|Categories: Sebastopol, SebastopolConnect SDAT, urban design|Tags: one-way streets, pedestrians, street design, urban design, walkable streets|0 Comments

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