Alta Planning + Design, the national leader in creating active communities, is very happy to announce that the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) will name Steve Durrant a Fellow of the Society. Fellowship is among the highest honors the ASLA bestows on members. It is conferred on individuals in recognition of exceptional accomplishments and contributions […]
Read MoreSilicon Valley Bicycle Coalition and Alta Planning + Design have partnered with Google to create the Google Bike Vision Plan, a new look at what it’s like for people riding bikes in northern Santa Clara County today and what our region could look like with 8-to-80 bike networks. As you’ll read in the Plan, Google […]
Read MoreWhy hire Alta Planning + Design to engineer solutions for your streets? 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. We celebrate our expanding engineering group and their exciting activities. Engineers are […]
Read MoreOn May 2, we attended the ribbon cutting of one of Alta’s signature projects, the 36-mile-long Razorback Greenway trail, which links the six major municipalities of northwest Arkansas, the University of Arkansas, hospitals, commercial centers, and the headquarters of major employers. Alta thanks and congratulations leader Chuck Flink and team, the Walton Family Foundation and […]
Read More…”Salt Lake City is on track to implement America’s first protected intersection for bicycling this summer…Last year, Portland-based Nick Falbo campaigned to introduce the basic template to America and submitted a protected intersection design to a competition at George Mason University. His video is a great introduction to how protected intersections work. Falbo and the team at Alta Planning + Design were consultants […]
Read MoreAlta is a proud sponsor of the upcoming International Trails Symposium in Portland, Oregon. We hope you will join us for four days of fun! Find us at our booth, and at the following sessions. Trails in Tight Places Join us for an informal discussion and exchange of ideas about building trails in difficult locations. […]
Read MoreAlta is proud to announce that our work on the WalkBikeNC North Carolina Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan has been recognized by the American Planning Association with a National Planning Achievement Award for Transportation Planning. WalkBikeNC is North Carolina’s first statewide plan for improving walking and bicycling. Championed by the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Bicycle and Pedestrian […]
Read MoreHappy Engineering Month! 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 […]
Read MoreAlta Planning + Design is proud to honor Deb Hubsmith, founder of the Safe Routes to School National Partnership with this video. Deb has championed bicycling and walking advocacy and outreach for two decades at local, regional, state and national levels. Video produced by Alta Planning + Design. http://youtu.be/zWkqSqzOFho
Read MoreJoin Alta Planner Mike Sellinger at the Transportation Research Board program, Moving Active Transportation to Higher Ground: Opportunities for Accelerating the Assessment of Health Impacts on April 14 in Washington, D.C. The conference will bring together professionals in the fields of transportation, urban planning, public health, health care, and health economics to explore the state […]
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