Growing up in Great Britain, I was fortunate enough to live in areas where taking public transport and walking were taken for granted. I often cycled to work in central London along the Thames towpath. When I worked on planning new towns in and around London in the 1970s we developed pedestrian pathways as part of the infrastructure for those communities. The automobile “cocoons” people and they often do not even to meet and talk with neighbors. Alta helps recreate those lost connections between people and their communities.
Philip Sales joined Alta in September 2006. Mr. Sales has over thirty years of experience in greenway, park, trail and bikeway design, planning, and implementation, land and easement acquisition, grant writing, and environmental documentation. He has extensive experience working with elected officials, community organizations, private, state and federal funding organizations and the general public.
Relevant Project Experience
- Napa Valley Greenway Project Feasibility Study (2008)
Mr. Sales is Alta project manager of a study that involves the evaluation of the feasibility of a forty two mile bikeway from Calistoga through the Napa Wine Country to the Vallejo Ferry Terminal.
Client: Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency: Jim Leddy, Executive Director. - Stateline to Stateline Bike Path (2008)
Mr. Sales is a team member and Alta project manager of a study that involves the evaluation of the feasibility of a twenty mile bikeway around the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe.
Client: EDAW: Nanette Hansel, Project Manager. - Humboldt Bay Trail Project Feasibility Study (2007)
Mr. Sales was project manager of a study that involved the evaluation of the feasibility of a six and a half mile trail around the east side of Humboldt Bay.
Client: Humboldt County Association of Governments: Spencer Clifton, Executive Director. - Marin County Bike Path Maintenance Study. (2007)
Mr. Sales was project manager of a study of long term maintenance and repair needs for the Marin North South Bike path. The project involved working with multi-jurisdictional agencies and the development of levels of maintenance requirements and needs.
Client: Transportation Authority of Marin, Eric Schatmeier, Manager of Planning - San Francisco Bay Trail Project, Sonoma County Study (2006)
While with Sonoma County, Mr. Sales secured grant funding for the studying of alternative alignments for the San Francisco Bay Trail through Sonoma County from the Petaluma River to Napa County. He oversaw the planning study that used GIS technology developed a series of alternative trail alignments that would enable the trail to move from its current adopted alignment, following a busy State highway to an alignment closer to the bay.
Client: Laura Thompson, Executive Director, San Francisco Bay Trail Project. - Coastal Trails, Sonoma County (2003)
While with Sonoma County Regional Parks, Mr. Sales spearheaded the successful effort to accept the Offers to Dedicate coastal access (OTDs) by Sonoma County in 2003, securing these trail easements for future public use. In addition he oversaw the development of two new coastal access sites in Bodega Bay.
Client: Linda Locklin Coastal Commission Public Access Manager.