L.A. Metro selects Jacobs + Alta Team to Deliver the Los Angeles River Bike Path Gap Closure Project The Jacobs + Alta team’s community-driven design approach focuses on user experience and innovation to create a world-class bicycle and pedestrian path for Los Angeles LOS ANGELES – Alta Planning + Design (Alta) and Jacobs Engineering Group […]
Read MoreLA Metro selecciona al Equipo Jacobs + Alta para Entregar el Proyecto de Conexión Ciclista en el Corredor del Río de Los Ángeles El enfoque de diseño comunitario del Equipo Jacobs + Alta se basará en la experiencia de los usuarios y usuarias y en la innovación para crear un corredor para caminar y andar […]
Read MoreAlta to lead CITE Complete Streets Trainings The Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers (CITE) is hosting Complete Streets Training workshops led by Alta Planning + Design across Canada in 2018 and early 2019. The first one will take place in Surrey, BC on Wednesday, July 25th. The focus for these full day training interactive sessions […]
Read MoreTransportation and Communities 2018: Academy Edition The Transportation Research and Education Center at Portland State University (TREC) is hosting a two-day academy of transportation-focused workshops, Transportation & Communities 2018, September 13-14, 2018 in Portland, OR. As a part of this academy, Alta will be partnering with TREC to lead a workshop titled, “Integrating Universal Access and […]
Read MoreBUILD Grants Webinar with East Coast Greenway Summer 2018 is a moment of opportunity for greenways to take a significant leap forward. The federal TIGER program (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery), now re-branded as BUILD (Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development), tripled to $1.5 billion this year. These funds can spur construction of many […]
Read MoreThe 2018 Trail Nation Summit hosted by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy brought together hand-picked industry leaders from across the country to harness the energy and the knowledge that is fueling the national movement to connect communities and regions by trails. Alta Planning + Design attended the summit in Milwaukee, WI June 5-7, 2018. Alta’s Heather Deutsch, Senior […]
Read MoreAlta Planning + Design is attending the annual Congress for the New Urbanism, now in its twenty-sixth year, in Savannah, GA May 16-18, 2018. It is the premiere national event on building better places. Each year, nearly 1,500 attendees convene to hear from speakers, participate in workshops, collaborate on projects, and learn new strategies from leaders […]
Read MoreAlta Los Angeles and San Jose Offices Receive Bicycle Friendly Business Status Today, the League of American Bicyclists recognized Alta Planning + Design’s Los Angeles office with Gold Bicycle Friendly Business (BFB℠) designation and the San Jose Office with Silver Bicycle Friendly Business (BFB℠) designation. Alta’s Los Angeles and San Jose offices joins a cutting-edge group […]
Read MoreAlta Planning + Design is a proud sponsor of the 2018 Ontario Traffic Council Annual Conference in Kingston, ON May 6-8, 2018. This conference will bring together colleagues from across the province to share ideas, see the latest in technology and to hear from industry experts on topics including Prioritizing Capital Projects, Site Selection & Automated […]
Read MoreLisa Nisenson, New Mobility Technical Advisor with Alta Planning + Design, contributed to the May 2018 Special Transportation Issue of Planning Magazine published by the American Planning Association. The article titled “Best-Case Scenario Planning” provides strategies for incorporating tomorrow’s transportation into today’s plans. Rather than extrapolating from the past to predict the future, scenario planning […]
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