Bike SPAs: Not just another relaxing place for your bike!

March 5, 2015

by Victoria Kovacs, Designer, and Fred Young, Senior Landscape Architect, Alta Planning + Design Like our Portland headquarters, the Alta Seattle office is proud to announce the opening of our Bike Secure Parking Area, or Bike SPA for short. Located in the basement of the Vance Building in the heart of downtown Seattle, the SPA […]

An Effective Use of Space: Providing Bicycle Parking Along Cycle Tracks

December 5, 2013

by Mark Seinen, Former Planner at Alta Planning + Design Barrier-separated cycle tracks are a great opportunity to add high-capacity bike parking in downtown areas. Here are some design strategies that have proven effective in Vancouver, BC. Begin with a two-way cycle track adjacent to motor vehicle parking: The space between the intersection and first […]