Why 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 […]
Read MoreOn May 2, we attended the ribbon cutting of one of Alta’s signature projects, the 36-mile-long Razorback Greenway trail, which links the six major municipalities of northwest Arkansas, the University of Arkansas, hospitals, commercial centers, and the headquarters of major employers. Alta thanks and congratulations leader Chuck Flink and team, the Walton Family Foundation and […]
Read More…”Salt Lake City is on track to implement America’s first protected intersection for bicycling this summer…Last year, Portland-based Nick Falbo campaigned to introduce the basic template to America and submitted a protected intersection design to a competition at George Mason University. His video is a great introduction to how protected intersections work. Falbo and the team at Alta Planning + Design were consultants […]
Read MoreAlta is a proud sponsor of the upcoming International Trails Symposium in Portland, Oregon. We hope you will join us for four days of fun! Find us at our booth, and at the following sessions. Trails in Tight Places Join us for an informal discussion and exchange of ideas about building trails in difficult locations. […]
Read MoreAlta is proud to announce that our work on the WalkBikeNC North Carolina Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan has been recognized by the American Planning Association with a National Planning Achievement Award for Transportation Planning. WalkBikeNC is North Carolina’s first statewide plan for improving walking and bicycling. Championed by the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Bicycle and Pedestrian […]
Read MoreHappy Engineering Month! 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. This month we celebrate our expanding engineering group and their exciting activities. We often say that engineers are crucial community problem […]
Read MoreAlta Planning + Design is proud to honor Deb Hubsmith, founder of the Safe Routes to School National Partnership with this video. Deb has championed bicycling and walking advocacy and outreach for two decades at local, regional, state and national levels. Video produced by Alta Planning + Design. http://youtu.be/zWkqSqzOFho
Read MoreJoin Alta Planner Mike Sellinger at the Transportation Research Board program, Moving Active Transportation to Higher Ground: Opportunities for Accelerating the Assessment of Health Impacts on April 14 in Washington, D.C. The conference will bring together professionals in the fields of transportation, urban planning, public health, health care, and health economics to explore the state […]
Read MoreAlta Wayfinding Designer Karen Vitkay joined a national group of experts for this American Trails webinar on March 19. The program provided trail and greenway planners, designers, and managers with a practical understanding of trail/ped/bike wayfinding and informational systems with an emphasis on in-the-field structures and media. Elements addressed included: directional and locational; use and access; […]
Read MoreAlta engineer, Bryan Jones, PE, weighs in on a new planning paradigm with Zaki Mustafa, PE, a past International President of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. Post by ICMA – International City/County Management Association.
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