Our big reveal: Salt Lake City’s pioneering protected intersection at 200 West/300 South is open for business! The 300 South project originated as part of Salt Lake City’s commitment to provide transportation choices, improve our region’s air quality, promote healthy active transportation, and create a vibrant, economically sustainable city. The new design includes Utah’s first protected […]
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce that Jessica Roberts, Principal of Alta’s Education and Encouragement Programs practice, has been selected as the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP) 2015 Professional of the Year (private practice category). Her work bridging active transportation and Travel Demand Management is inspiring change across the country, and is instrumental in […]
Read MoreAlta is proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of the 2015 APBP Professional Development Seminar (PDS). PDS will head to St. Louis, Missouri this year. The event draws dozens of expert speakers and a national audience of transportation planners, engineers, landscape architects, public health professionals, advocates, elected officials, and others working to advance active transportation and sustainable, […]
Read MoreCongratulations to our clients at the Central Midlands Council of Governments for winning the National Association of Development Organizations 2015 Innovation Award for the Walk Bike Columbia Master Plan. Learn more about this project here.
Read MoreToday the City of St. Louis striped its first parking-protected bike lane! ST. LOUIS — People who ride bicycles in Downtown St. Louis are getting a safer travel route between City Garden, Kiener Plaza, the Gateway Arch grounds, and other businesses and restaurants along Chestnut in the City’s first parking-protected bike lane. The bike lane on Chestnut […]
Read MoreThe Telly Awards is the premier award honoring the finest film and video productions, groundbreaking web commercials, videos and films, and outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs. Their mission has been to strengthen the visual arts community by inspiring, promoting, and supporting creativity. The 35th Annual Telly Awards received over 12,000 entries from all […]
Read MoreThe National Brotherhood of Cyclists promotes personal health and community health benefits of cycling to communities disproportionately affected by health issues and supports athletes for the purpose of bringing more diversity to cycling. The fifth annual summit will offer real interaction between organizations and individuals connected to communities of color, women and youth to those organizations committed to Bicycle Advocacy and […]
Read MoreAlta Planning + Design, the national leader in creating active communities, is very happy to announce that the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) will name Steve Durrant a Fellow of the Society. Fellowship is among the highest honors the ASLA bestows on members. It is conferred on individuals in recognition of exceptional accomplishments and contributions […]
Read MoreSilicon Valley Bicycle Coalition and Alta Planning + Design have partnered with Google to create the Google Bike Vision Plan, a new look at what it’s like for people riding bikes in northern Santa Clara County today and what our region could look like with 8-to-80 bike networks. As you’ll read in the Plan, Google […]
Read MoreWhy hire Alta Planning + Design to engineer solutions for your streets? For close to 20 years, Alta Planning + Design has been planning and design healthy, active communities in hundreds of communities and with thousands of miles of walkways, bikeways and trails. We celebrate our expanding engineering group and their exciting activities. Engineers are […]
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