By designing transportation projects holistically, cities can address the impact of extreme weather while simultaneously making it easier to walk and bike.
Slowing climate change by eliminating burning of fossil fuels is a major outcome of Alta’s sustainable transportation work. The problem is, we are already experiencing increased average temperatures, which are impacting the Earth’s fundamental systems. So we all need to simultaneously reduce emissions and plan for people to thrive in a warming world. For trails, this means including trees and vegetation to provide shade and carbon-absorption capacity, and in some cases adding fruit trees as food scarcity countermeasures. Trails can also serve as evacuation routes for natural disasters, and they can ease the impacts of extreme weather like fires and flooding.
Alta’s multi-discipline practice of planners, landscape architects, engineers, and community engagement specialists are not only experts in helping communities redesign their transportation systems to make the low-carbon choice the easy choice; we also tackle projects with a sustainable mindset to deliver multi-benefit solutions. By designing transportation projects holistically, cities can address the impact of extreme weather while simultaneously making it easier to walk and bike.
