By Ryan Johnson, Planner, Alta Planning + Design “Mainstreaming the Bike in California.” That was the objective on everyone’s mind this past weekend at the California Bicycle Coalition’s statewide summit in Oakland. I traveled from L.A. with my colleague Jessie Holzer to share our experiences working on Safe Routes to School projects in Southern California, […]
By Nick Falbo, Senior Planner, Alta Planning + Design In the Portland/Vancouver region, we’re proud of the nature in our backyard. This love of nature ties our cities and counties together, literally, in the form of The Intertwine — our shared system of trails, parks and natural areas. But who’s actually using our trails? How many of […]
by Phil Goff, Planner, Alta Planning + Design Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace is Boston’s late-19th century gem that helped open the design/engineering profession’s eyes to the ability of well-designed landscapes to tie together parts of the city with a network of green spaces, boulevards, parks and carriageways. Like Central Park and others, it was […]
by Jean Crowther, Planner, Alta Planning + Design I co-founded a nonprofit named globalbike with a mission to use the transformative power of bikes to connect people and resources. They have been providing bikes to care-workers and community groups in developing countries since 2006 and, for the last two years, I had the chance to […]
by Mary Stewart, Senior Designer, Portland, OR Alta is currently designing a shared use pathway system that will serve folks driving Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs) as well as cyclists and pedestrians in the Coachella Valley in southern California. Currently, we are developing design guidelines for shared use paths based on NEV geometries, speed (25 mph […]
