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·Sep 5

5 Ways to Integrate Sustainability in Safe Routes to School

Contact: Hannah Day-Kapell, Principal, Alta As students and families begin another year of school, we’d like to take a moment to celebrate the joy of walking and rolling to class. These forms of transportation can increase energy and endurance, reduce stress and tension, and improve mood, cognition, memory and sleep…

School Safety

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5 Ways to Integrate Sustainability in Safe Routes to School
5 Ways to Integrate Sustainability in Safe Routes to School
School Safety

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Alta

·Aug 25

Mobility Hubs for Transit Access: Relieving the Anxiety Around Waiting and Transferring

Contact: Doug Arseneault, Planning Associate, Alta We’ve all been there — anxiously waiting at an isolated bus stop with no seating, shade, or lighting, feeling vulnerable standing inches from cars zooming by. As communities work to reduce personal vehicle dependence and promote transit and other shared, sustainable transportation options, they…

Mobility As A Service

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Mobility Hubs for Transit Access: Relieving the Anxiety Around Waiting and Transferring
Mobility Hubs for Transit Access: Relieving the Anxiety Around Waiting and Transferring
Mobility As A Service

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Alta

·Jul 24

Jeremy Chapman Joins Alta as National Roadway Safety Lead

Jeremy Chapman has joined Alta’s Safety practice as National Road Safety Lead. He comes from Ramey Kemp Associates, one of our Trilon partners, and brings a wealth of experience in traffic and transportation safety, vulnerable road users, and emerging technologies in transportation. Jeremy has spent the past two decades as…

Safety

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Jeremy Chapman Joins Alta as National Roadway Safety Lead
Jeremy Chapman Joins Alta as National Roadway Safety Lead
Safety

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Alta

·Jul 19

Game Changing Funding Coming to North Carolina, Alabama through USDOT RAISE — and Many More Grant Programs

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has announced $1.5 billion in funding granted through the 2023 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program. …

Federal Funding

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Game Changing Funding Coming to North Carolina, Alabama through USDOT RAISE — and Many More Grant…
Game Changing Funding Coming to North Carolina, Alabama through USDOT RAISE — and Many More Grant…
Federal Funding

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·Jul 12

Leveraging Activity Based Models to Enhance Sustainable Mobility

Contact: David Wasserman, Civic Analytics Leader, Alta The historical application of travel demand models inform and facilitate the expansion of interstate highway systems. While these megaprojects enabled a new era of mobility, it also severed communities, with a wide range of impacts following it. …

Replica

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Leveraging Activity Based Models to Enhance Sustainable Mobility
Leveraging Activity Based Models to Enhance Sustainable Mobility
Replica

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Alta

·Jul 11

Introducing our 2023 Summer Interns

We are thrilled to welcome Alta’s 2023 summer interns, as they have already begun infusing Alta’s work with their diverse viewpoints and enthusiasm. Alta’s internship program aims to establish routes toward careers in active transportation. Our interns are not limited to merely taking meeting minutes or performing data entry tasks…

Internships

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Introducing our 2023 Summer Interns
Introducing our 2023 Summer Interns
Internships

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Alta

·Jul 10

How the Move Tucson Plan Transcended Traditional Engagement

Contact: Kim Voros, GIS Manager, Alta In 2021 Alta finished the City of Tucson’s Mobility Plan, a robust multi-modal planning effort intended to increase transportation choices and improve safety by investing in existing infrastructure. By utilizing a digital open house and interactive web map, the team transcended traditional engagement methods…

Civic Analytics

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How the Move Tucson Plan Transcended Traditional Engagement
How the Move Tucson Plan Transcended Traditional Engagement
Civic Analytics

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·Jun 26

A Partnership that Results in Great Things for Small Wheels

Contact: Derek Abe, Senior Planning Associate, Alta

Micromobility

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A Partnership that Results in Great Things for Small Wheels
A Partnership that Results in Great Things for Small Wheels
Micromobility

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·Jun 6

Building on Past Success, Roanoke, VA Prepares for Bicycle Safety Campaign

Since 2020, the City of Roanoke has received grants from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles to create citywide traffic safety campaigns with the goal of raising awareness of Virginia laws and reducing dangerous driving behaviors. …

Traffic Safety

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Building on Past Success, Roanoke, VA Prepares for Bicycle Safety Campaign
Building on Past Success, Roanoke, VA Prepares for Bicycle Safety Campaign
Traffic Safety

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·Jun 2

Active Aging Pilot Project Presents Mobility Options for Santa Monica Older Adults

Contact: Kaitlin Scott, Planning Associate I, Alta Alta is working with the City of Santa Monica to improve older adults’ mobility, safety, and health by helping them walk, bicycle, and take transit more often. In collaboration with the City of Santa Monica, Alta launched the Active Aging Pilot Program in…

Seniors

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Active Aging Pilot Project Presents Mobility Options for Santa Monica Older Adults
Active Aging Pilot Project Presents Mobility Options for Santa Monica Older Adults
Seniors

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