Statewide Active Transportation Planning: Lessons Learned by Alta Alta

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• Featured Projects
• This acquisition will expand Alta's services in TDM, mode shift, behavior change, and outreach
• Smarter Solutions, Better Communities with Trilon Group and Alta Planning
• Denver’s West Corridor TMA Plans Rollout of eBike Library to Low-Income Communities
• Alta Planning + Design and UrbanTrans Unite
• Explore our most notable projects.
• Sidewalks: The New Planning Frontier

When Alta engineers review a planner’s concept, they often suggest making it more innovative. The Alta engineering team is not out to crush planners’ and designers’ dreams, but sometimes to suggest how the project can go further outside the box. We evaluate roadways for all users, with a focus on functional operation and safety, and work with each community to determine appropriate trade-offs. Trilon Group launched in January 2022 and is backed by Alpine Investors, a people-driven private equity firm committed to building enduring businesses. Alta is Trilon’s seventh investment with previous investments including MSG, RKA, CPH, Waggoner Engineering, DRMP and ESI Consultants. This new area of demand management pays special attention to sidewalks given increasing demand with growth in urban living , walkable communities and pick-up and drop-off areas for ridehailing like Uber and Lyft.

Featured Projects

Mobility hubs can also be a first, low cost phase for testing mobility options and iterative placemaking and investment. Good intersection design has progressed rapidly in recent years with features that make them safer and more comfortable for bicyclists and pedestrians.

This acquisition will expand Alta's services in TDM, mode shift, behavior change, and outreach

Alta combines guidance found in more traditional resources with local standards and academic researchs to create a single visually-rich document that can be used to lead the design of bicycle and pedestrian facilities. Amigos de los Rios is a grassroots organization known for its work in designing sustainable open spaces and enhancing community life. They assist with the initiative by providing input on the physical project and promoting initiative related activities to community members. With an intention to be climate positive, the team used environmentally resilient materials and green infrastructure throughout the design. Growth allows Alta’s employees to achieve new career opportunities they never would have had before, while the firm is able to deliver more sustainable projects than ever before. Trilon is looking forward to continuing to scale Alta’s impact, mission and vision even further by investing in the business’s continued growth, in the same way it scales the impact of all partner firms.

Smarter Solutions, Better Communities with Trilon Group and Alta Planning

Statewide planning and recommendations should be grounded in design guidelines to ensure successfully securing funding and implementation. In 2014, Alta moved to the heart of downtown, into the historical 1907 Penny Furniture building. In 1966, the building was abandoned and languished until it was purchased and renovated in 2007.

Denver’s West Corridor TMA Plans Rollout of eBike Library to Low-Income Communities

This integrated design approach provides a seamless transition from plan to implementation, turning community visions into reality. Trilon Group was formed with a vision to build the next Top 20 infrastructure services firm in North America by bringing together some of the nation’s best infrastructure consulting firms. Key focus areas include Transportation, Water, Utilities, Environment and Community Infrastructure.

Final Pruneridge Avenue Complete Streets Plan - City of Santa Clara

Final Pruneridge Avenue Complete Streets Plan.

Posted: Fri, 18 Dec 2020 02:19:53 GMT [source]

We’re thrilled to announce that Alta will be attending the 2024 NACTO Designing Cities Conference in Miami-Dade May 7-10 in Miami, FL! As a leading advocate for sustainable urban development and innovative design solutions, we’re eager to join forces with fellow professionals, policymakers, and visionaries to explore the latest trends and challenges in urban planning and design. This conference presents a prime opportunity to exchange ideas, showcase expertise, and contribute to shaping the future of cities worldwide.

Alta Planning + Design and UrbanTrans Unite

This project explored the intersection of traffic safety and safety from extreme heat to create opportunities for safer, more environmentally friendly travel options. This recipe has led to success with Alta rapidly becoming one of the premier engineering firms in the Southeast, with Complete Streets, bikeways, and greenways built or in design in places like Memphis, TN, Chattanooga, TN, Raleigh, NC, and Durham, NC. Alta and its engineering practice will only pursue projects that focus on moving people — you won’t see us designing freeways or major interchanges or widening highways. Alpine Investors is a people-driven private equity firm that is committed to building enduring companies by working with, learning from, and developing exceptional people. Its PeopleFirst strategy includes a talent program which allows Alpine to bring leadership to situations where additional or new management is needed post-transaction.

Seattle and Alta Planning Are Using a Local Inventor's High-Tech 'Frankenbike' to Upgrade Trails - Bloomberg

Seattle and Alta Planning Are Using a Local Inventor's High-Tech 'Frankenbike' to Upgrade Trails.

Posted: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 07:00:00 GMT [source]

Explore our most notable projects.

Alta has found success using online input maps to source feedback from all corners of the states where we work. These tools are fully customized and mobile optimized so that people can provide input on the go. For New Mexico’s Rio Grande Trail Master Plan, Alta developed a virtual open house that attracted nearly 1,000 participants over a 4-week window of time. The graphically-rich and engaging format brings the model of an open house meeting to every region of the state.

Trilon will support Alta’s strategic expansion through capital and resource support that will ensure ongoing innovation, employee growth and continued quality service for clients. Alta will lead the national strategy for Active Mobility and Sustainability across Trilon, and be a critical part of the national Transportation strategy. As part of this strategic partnership, Alta’s Board of Directors has named Brett Hondorp as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Trilon continues to build a comprehensive, high-quality family of complementary infrastructure consulting businesses across the nation and remains focused on delivering innovative and sustainable infrastructure solutions. Trilon partners with like-minded infrastructure consulting firms across the nation and aims to accelerate their growth through investment in talent, technology, and targeted M&A.

A short-term and long-term vision for gaining the best of what new mobility and transportation technology have to offer can drive policy change and spur innovation and real-world applications for the benefit of everyone in the state. In the California State Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, Alta focused on social equity, and laid out possible performance measures for investing resources in communities that are most dependent on active transportation and transit. El Monte’s vision is to “foster policy change that supports the development of healthy, active environments for all community residents. Facilitated by Alta, this practical training combines the power of time (signals) and space (geometric solutions) for tricky bikeway intersections. Learn how to get people on bikes and micromobility devices safely through an intersection using innovative best practices and easy-to-implement standards-based alternatives.

The FHWA Small Town and Rural Multimodal Networks Design Guide (authored by Alta) helps state, county, and small town transportation officials meets these needs. Understanding the types of users and their design needs can help to establish more effective policies to accommodate bicyclists and pedestrians. Incorporating safety into statewide planning is of high importance to effectively reduce the number, rate, and severity of bicycle and pedestrian involved collisions. The safety of bicyclists and pedestrians is improved by moderating automobile speeds and providing greater protection from faster moving traffic. A comprehensive approach addressing system design as well as behavior of all types of road users is required to make meaningful strides in safety.

Concrete strategies emphasizing safety in roadway design and speed management, addressing unsafe behavior, and seeking a deeper understanding of collision causes and occurrences will contribute to a safer, more inviting walking and bicycling environment. UrbanTrans is a woman-owned and operated transportation planning and behavior change firm, specializing in transportation demand management (TDM) and the delivery of commuting programs. They work on projects throughout the continent and have offices in Atlanta, Denver, Los Angeles, and Toronto. Since 2000, UrbanTrans has been at the forefront of TDM, leading with a mission to create sustainable environments and advance innovative transportation solutions through a people-first approach that ensures impactful results at every scale.

The Foundation lends their health policy and civic engagement expertise to the City’s PLACE Initiative. This is a general list of vehicles and supporting infrastructure in public rights-of-way. Alta has helped dozens of communities advance and build non-motorized barrier crossings by providing a unique blend of services that spans all project phases. Alta offers a unique blend of skills to produce effective and high-quality streetscape solutions, from concept to implementation.