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Tools for Understanding Active Transportation Potential
California's Orange County Transportation Authority recently developed a long-range, comprehensive multimodal approach to address South Orange County’s congestion and mobility needs over the next 20 years. As part of the project, Alta’s civic analytics team developed a methodology to help estimate where improvements can be made to reduce collisions, potentially increase active transportation trips, and address congestion in the area. The best part? This methodology can be replicated in communities across North America and beyond.
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Defining the Value of What a Visionary Trail Connects and Protects

When complete, the Great Springs Trail will be a 100-mile trail network from Austin to San Antonio, TX. Working with the National Park Service, see how Alta's civic analytics team used a multifaceted, analytics driven approach to produce the trail's Economic Benefits Report. The report serves as a resource to quantify the financial benefit of both the trail and 50,000 conserved acres along the corridor, ultimately helping define the value of what a visionary trail connects and protects.
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Whole Network Prioritization
Master plans establish the vision for a community’s transportation system. Yet, with limited resources, achieving this vision often requires time and creativity. Using the prioritization framework helps us understand the projects most likely to have the greatest impact and identify where to start. Prioritization that considers underlying needs across the full transportation network can lead to resilient frameworks that generate greater positive impacts for people using the transportation system. See how Alta worked with the City of Tucson, and how Whole Network Prioritization could help your community.
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In The News
  • The mountains are calling! In Fort Collins, CO Alta helped design a series of protected corners to make the roads safer for people biking. See how these examples of different treatments benefit everyone using the transportation system.
  • Congratulations to Alta's David Wasserman, the American Planning Association Technology Division, and all of the other recipients of Planetizen's 2021 list of Top Websites for Urban Planning.
  • Check out the tremendous progress made along the Wolf River Greenway this year! Alta is proud to have a role in assisting the Wolf River Conservancy in the overall project administration and project design led by our Principal, Michael Repsch along with our teaming partners, ETI Corporation, Tetra Tech, Tioga Environmental Consultants, Inc., as well as the City of Memphis and Shelby County.
  • Boise, ID's Pathways Master Plan is complete! Alta led the consultant team, in collaboration with the City of Boise, to create a vision for the future of pathways in the City of Trees. The completed network would put 76% of Boise residents within a 10-minute walk of a pathway, expanding transportation and recreation opportunities across the City. Partners included Agnew Beck Consulting, Stevens Historical Research Associates, and Larry Rincover.
  • Congratulations to the Great Trails State Coalition in their efforts to increase state investment in trails across North Carolina. The General Assembly’s final budget was approved by the NC Senate and signed by Governor Cooper this month, including $29.25M for the Complete the Trails Fund, marking the first time North Carolina has made a significant direct investment in trails.
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Alta is a mission-driven organization where teamwork and creativity are celebrated. We are growing and seeking people with diverse perspectives to join our team in various disciplines and offices across North America. Some positions now open:
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Alta Planning + Design, Inc. is an international consulting firm with a mission to create active, healthy communities. If you missed any of our previous newsletters, you can view them here. 
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