Alta Planning & Design

read moreAlta Planning + Design is an active transportation company dedicated to creating active, healthy communities through planning, landscape architecture, engineering, and education/encouragement programs. Alta was founded in 1996 when cities and communities were calling for safer streets for people walking and bicycling as the non-motorized transportation movement developed into a profession in the United States. We pioneered the field of active transportation, evolving our planning and design work into a visionary global practice that empowers people to live active, healthy lives and getting them to where they need to go.

read moreAlta's plans combine innovative ideas with a collaborative process to connect local needs to successful implementation strategies. Our mission is to make walking and bicycling an integral part of daily life. By offering planning, design, engineering, economics, and programming services, we provide an engaging approach to bicycle and pedestrian planning that draws on our national expertise to create local success stories. From intersection and street design to regional analysis of the benefits of walking and biking, Alta's great ideas reflect our client's goals, leading to the future of nonmotorized transportation.

read moreCycling and walking numbers are up in many communities, as people seek out healthy and safe transportation and recreation. Meanwhile, many agency budgets are down, and plans to spend millions on infrastructure may no longer be realistic. More than ever, the public demands that transportation projects are equitable and responsive to the needs of communities. Join Alta Vice President Joe Gilpin and Senior Designer Matt Pinder for our next Alta Innovation Series presentation on "Corner Design for All Users."

read moreAlta is committed to advancing equity, inclusion, and diversity in our project work and business practices. Our mission to create active, healthy communities requires an understanding of diverse perspectives as we plan, design, and implement projects. Our mix of staff must reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. This will help us hear from many voices, build trust and relationships, speak to people in ways that reflect their experiences and linguistic heritage, and advance solutions outside the status quo.

read moreWe celebrate our clients and partners whose hard work and dedication to creating active communities has been recognized by the following awards.

read moreWe come to work every day to help communities make positive changes, enabling human-scale mobility, fostering well being, and empowering individuals to live healthy, active lifestyles. By hiring people with diverse backgrounds and providing a challenging, collaborative work environment, we drive our mission. Regular events like design pin-ups and the Alta Incubator program stir our creativity. With commute encouragement programs like GoAlta, paid annual bike tuneup, and "wellness benefit, " we create ample opportunities to make our own lives active and healthy.

read moreEducating and training are important elements of creating bikeable and walkable communities, empowering public agency staff, stakeholders, and the public with best practices in active transportation. Our staff have led a variety of technical trainings, covering a diverse street design subjects with a bicycle, pedestrian, and active transportation focus. Across the country, Alta is leading Future Mobility Workshops and training that strip away the mystique of "new mobility" to identify what is happening in the community today, and articulate the policies, partnerships, and regulations needed to shape a dynamic future that meets communities' goals.