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Published in Alta

·6 days ago

Here’s the Roadmap to Expand Bike Share Toronto and Meet Increasing Cycling Demand

Contact: Ezra Lipton, Senior Planner, Alta Bike Share Toronto’s Four-year Growth Plan has officially been released, and it’s the largest expansion to date. The Plan will expand the system from 625 stations and 7,165 bikes to over 1,000 stations and 10,000 bikes, and guide bike share station planning as part…

Toronto

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Published in Alta

·Sep 22

Oregon’s Bear Creek Greenway Prepares for a Wildfire Resilient Future

Contact: Mike Sellinger, Senior Associate Planner, Alta On September 8th, 2020 the Alameda Fire swept through Southern Oregon’s Rogue Valley, destroying more than 2,600 homes. The following afternoon, a second fire added to the destruction. …

Rogue Valley

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Oregon’s Bear Creek Greenway Prepares for a Wildfire Resilient Future

Published in Alta

·Sep 20

Portland State University Student Kyu Ri to Receive Alta’s Annual Scholarship

For more than 15 years, Alta has sponsored the Alta Planning + Design Scholarship at Portland State University’s (PSU) Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI). The scholarship has supported a graduate student who is highly motivated to focus their studies on walking and cycling as mainstream forms of transportation…

Scholarship

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Published in Alta

·Sep 6

5 Lessons Learned from the 2022 APBP Conference

Once again, we came away from this year’s Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP) Conference in the Twin Cities, MN with new perspectives about the future of active mobility, and connections with inspiring professionals that will last much longer than the three-day conference. …

Urban Planning

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5 Lessons Learned from the 2022 APBP Conference

Published in Alta

·Aug 31

Community Engagement, Free Rides, a Talking Salmon, and more: How SDOT and Alta Worked To Ease a Two-Year Bridge Closure

By: Cathy Cibor, Principal, Alta When a city has to shut down a bridge that carries an average of 100,000 vehicles every day on a moment’s notice, it’s time to pull out all the stops. It means installing quick-fix infrastructure improvements along detour routes. It means conversations with community members…

Seattle

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Community Engagement, Free Rides, a Talking Salmon, and more: How SDOT and Alta Worked To Ease a…

Published in Alta

·Aug 15

Stephanie Garcia Joins Alta in West Palm Beach

Alta is thrilled to welcome Planning Associate Stephanie Garcia to our West Palm Beach Office. She brings a diverse set of planning skills, a passion for safety and active transportation, and a proven track record of successful people and project management. …

New Staff

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Stephanie Garcia Joins Alta in West Palm Beach

Published in Alta

·Aug 12

RAISE Grants Fund a Safer and More Sustainable Future

Contact: Jeff Knowles, AICP On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced $2.2 billion in project awards from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program. …

Federal Funding

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RAISE Grants Fund a Safer and More Sustainable Future

Published in Alta

·Aug 11

Elements of Robust Data in the Safe Systems Approach

Contacts: David Wasserman, Grace Young, Sarah Littlefield Traditional notions of safety are evolving, and the data available to support safer systems are evolving even quicker. A strong analytics approach provides cities with a deeper and more nuanced process for identifying and prioritizing safety improvements. How do we harness this information…

Civic Analytics

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Elements of Robust Data in the Safe Systems Approach

Published in Alta

·Jul 26

Find Alta at the 2022 APBP Conference

Alta is looking forward to participating in the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP) Conference in the Twin Cities, MN from August 22–24. The APBP community works to advance technical expertise, create spaces to share knowledge, and support the professional development of its members, among other initiatives. We’re thrilled…

Urban Planning

5 min read

Published in Alta

·Jul 20

Thoughts on the State of Cycleways in London, UK

Contact: Joe Gilpin, Vice President, Alta Learning from built infrastructure is one of my favorite parts of my job. While Alta plans and designs bikeways all over North America, it was refreshing and energizing to utilize Alta’s travel benefit to take a break for several weeks in May and June…

London

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