Reimagining the Core: A Vision for Downtown Sebastopol Mobility & Vitality by Geoff Rubendall

As the consultant project manager for the Caltrans’ grant-funded Downtown Revitalization Study, Geoff leads a team of planners, engineers and urban designers to identify, analysis, and design a new downtown Sebastopol, leveraging Caltrans’ recently updated complete streets design standards, and input gathered from a comprehensive public engagement process. 

With over 20 years of experience as a registered civil and traffic engineer, Geoff Rubendall effectively delivers thoughtful, context-sensitive ideas and solutions for evaluating and enhancing the built environment. He understands the critical importance of considering a combination of safety, equity, and local context for every project to improve access and circulation for all travelers within a community. Geoff’s experience spans a wide spectrum of planning and engineering project areas—including traffic and safety studies, multimodal/complete streets concept development, traffic engineering assessments, and preparation of construction documents.