Data-Informed Planning in California

March 14, 2017

Alta recently completed a draft of California’s first statewide bicycle and pedestrian plan. This document provides strategies and actions to support bicycling and walking, with major themes throughout of improving active transportation data collection and data systems for the state. In support of this guidance, we developed a baseline data collection methodology for the state, […]

Innovation in Bicycle and Pedestrian Counts

March 1, 2016

By Sam Piper, Senior Designer and Kristen Maddox-O’Toole, Planner Every planner and engineer working on an active transportation project wishes they had better bicycle and pedestrian data. The ability to access more robust data helps communities: Determine where investments in walking and biking infrastructure are most needed Assess changes over time, draw conclusions about the […]