I've always been known by friends and family as a transportation geek, but since giving up my car when I moved to Portland in 2005, walking and bicycling have become a fundamental way of life and a passionate professional endeavor. It's enlivening to experience the world around me everyday by being a part of it, not from behind a windshield and a big hunk of metal.
As a planner, it's not surprising that I love cities. But what I love most about cities – and what I think makes them thrive – is the human interaction, the cultural and intellectual exchange that occurs from people being face to face, walking and bicycling through the bustling city.
Recent Projects
- Safe Routes to School (Santa Clarita, CA)
Cathy is a part of the Alta team implementing the Safe Routes to School Program in Santa Clarita. She has helped to coordinate and implement a Walk and Bike to School Day event at four Santa Clarita schools and will be facilitating other encouragement events at the school, including a Walking School Bus training. - Way to Go! (Marin County, CA)
This three-year individualized marketing program is a key part of WalkBikeMarin (Marin County’s implementation of the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program). The Way to Go! program will reduce drive-alone trips in selected cities in Marin County. The program uses proven methods to increase walking, bicycling and transit use through offering customized information packets to residents, leading group walks, bicycle rides, and classes, and outreach at community events. Cathy’s role includes event planning and coordination, writing documents and reports, and mapping events and deliveries in GIS. - Walking School Bus Program (Frederick County, MD)
Cathy has developed curriculum for a Walking School Bus training for Frederick County schools. The training is designed to enable teachers, administrators, parents, and other community members to implement a Walking School Bus program at local schools and includes an interactive presentation, detailed implementation guidelines, and program materials. - Triangle Transit Individualized Marketing (Raleigh-Durham, NC)
Alta managed two individualized marketing programs for Triangle Transit, in the Research Triangle Park region of North Carolina. The goal of both programs was to reduce drive-alone trips and increase trips by transit, bicycle, walking, and carpooling. One program was an individualized social marketing program aimed at 1000 households in Wake Forest. The second was an individualized marketing program aimed at 3000 employees of businesses in the region, serving five different hotspots and fifteen different employers. Cathy planned and promoted events, developed materials, and wrote reports for both programs. - Transportation Solutions for Washington Park (Portland, OR)
For the culminating project of her Masters of Urban and Regional Planning program, Cathy worked in a group of six to develop a multi-modal transportation plan for Portland’s Washington Park. She served as project manager, wrote and designed documents and reports, and conducted research, field studies, and public outreach events.
