My commitment to walking and bicycling is marked by milestones funny and serious, whimsical and practical, as well as pragmatic and visionary. As a child I crisscrossed town on every form of bicycle as diligent paperboy and town menace alike. As a teenager I spent summers bicycle touring to the edge of paved civilization and discovered the thrill of bicycle racing. In college and graduate school I discovered the community, economic and environmental imperatives of bicycle commuting. A strong draw to explore also took me to spectacular cities and landscapes around the world where pedestrians, trekkers, bicyclists and transit riders dominated. When I settled into the San Francisco Bay Area, I pedaled streets and roads across the region, both training and commuting, and this made me a better planner because I truly knew the landscape and appreciated how it was knit together by streets good and bad. As central to my life as bicycling was, the day I put my two daughters on my bike and engaged them in daily use of the public street right-of-way and I gained a whole new perspective and mission. I am ecstatic about the work that we do at Alta and when children and grandparents can walk and ride safely, happily and conveniently throughout American cities, suburbs and towns I will be a happily fulfilled planner.
Ian Moore has ten years experience managing pedestrian and bicycle plans including citywide pedestrian plans, citywide bicycle plans, multi-modal transportation corridor studies, multi-use trail and roadway corridor master plans. Mr. Moore's project experience includes pedestrian and bicycle network development, project definition and prioritization, as well as development of project conceptual design and traffic impact analysis. In addition, Mr. Moore has worked consistently in San Francisco, where pedestrians and bicyclists interact with multiple in-street light-rail lines, creating a variety of safety engineering concerns. Mr. Moore has worked with transit planners, transit operators and system engineers to address many site-specific safety needs.
Relevant Projects
Market Street Study Implementation
While at the SFCTA, Mr. Moore worked with SFMTA, BART, and local bicycle advocates to research and develop strategies to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety at pedestrian crossings over light rail tracks. The specific locations addressed in this study included high-volume pedestrian crossings, channelized bus and light-rail vehicle movement, and ventilation grates adding to crossing safety concerns. Consultants and agency staff collaborated to develop several specific solutions including trackway flange fillers, non-skid treatments for ventilation grates, and high-visibility crosswalk treatments.
San Francisco Bicycle Master Plan Update
Mr. Moore managed the San Francisco Bicycle Plan Update for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. This project included an update of the City’s bicycle circulation network, development of multimodal street design standards focused on bicycle operations, and development of preliminary engineering for twenty priority projects. Several of the priority projects addressed interaction between bicycle and light-rail transit vehicles and tracks. Other priority projects addressed shared bus/bike lanes and related safety considerations. Through these transit and bicycle projects, Mr. Moore worked directly with SFMTA transit planners, and pedestrian safety and ADA specialists.
Union City Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan
Mr. Moore worked with the City of Union City to develop the city’s first community-wide bicycle and pedestrian plan. Many streets through the city are important commuter routes for both local and regional traffic, and must provide for high volumes of vehicle traffic and transit. In order to better provide for bicyclists and pedestrians, Mr. Moore led the following efforts: a community-wide facility inventory, development of intersection safety improvement strategies, development of a Safe Routes to School program, identification of pedestrian improvement districts, and development of a prioritized citywide bicycle transportation network.
