The end of the year is a time for reflection on progress, as well as a time for looking toward the future and the accomplishments yet to come. We will ring in our 20th anniversary in this new year with the joy of witnessing how activating communities can lead to physical, social, and environmental health […]
by Joe Gilpin, Principal at Alta Planning + Design At Alta, we believe the protected intersection will become a standard treatment in 2016. To help achieve this, we are releasing a white paper on protected intersection design guidance, sharing what we have learned helping Salt Lake City with the design of their intersection, as well […]
by Britt Storck, Associate at Alta Planning + Design Our Southeast and Midsouth offices recently completed a few design-build projects. In most cases, the contract type was initiated by the Owner. While very demanding of our staff’s time, the projects were completed in an astonishingly short turnaround. The result? Happy client team, happy builder, happy […]
By Joe Gilpin, Principal Regardless of whether you live in Portland, Oregon, Portland, Maine, or anywhere in between; improving our communities for active transportation requires change. This change must occur at a political level, continue to be supported at the staff level, and be accepted by the public in order to achieve success. This change […]
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 solvers. Present them […]
Complete Street in Seattle, WA. Like a shopping mall, but better. For most of you, this may not be the first time you’ve heard about Complete Streets. Today, 34 states and over 550 jurisdictions nationwide have Complete Streets policies or resolutions. This is pretty amazing considering that the nascence of the term Complete Streets, and the […]
