Research & Study Documents

Alta is at the forefront of nationally significant bicycle and pedestrian research to advance the fields of transportation, land-use, planning, and design. You can learn more about Alta's research capabilities on our Research service page . Below you'll find a number of our published studies for download. Documents unavailable on our website may be available upon request .

Documents for Download

• Bike Corrals: Local Business Impacts, Benefits, and Attitudes (2010, Drew Meisel, PSU)
• Understanding Barriers to Bicycling (2009, underway)
• Bike Sharing/Public Bikes: A Summary of Programs, Vendors and Technologies (01/09)
• 2008 Oregon Bike Related Business & Economic Study (09/08)
• Economic Benefits of Bicycling Literature Review (06/06)
• Bicycle Industry Growth in Portland (6/06)
• Bridging the Gaps: How the Quality and Quantity of a Connected Bikeway Network Correlates with Increasing Bicycle Use (6/05)
• San Francisco Bicycle Program Supplemental Design Guidelines (9/03)

Facilities and Infrastructure Related Documents & Studies

• Best Practices in Campus Bicycle Planning and Program Development (10/11)

• NACTO Cities for Cycling: Urban Bikeway Design Guide (03/11) 
• Caltrans: Complete Intersections: A Guide to Reconstructing Intersections and Interchanges for Bicyclists and Pedestrians (05/11)
• Bicycle Boulevard Design Guidelines (2010)
• Report on Bicycle Interaction with Streetcars (10/08)
• Cycle Tracks: Lessons Learned  (11/08)
• From Cycletracks to Singlespeeds: A Comparison of Bicycle Facilities and Cycling Culture between North America and Europe (12/08)
• Integration of Bicycles and Transit (11/05)
• San Francisco Shared-Lane Marking Study (2/04)

Trail Related Documents & Studies

• Trail Planning for California Communities (2009, Solano Press, by our friends at Bay Trail/ABAG, Julie Bondurant and Laura Thompson)
• Rails-With-Trails: Lessons Learned Federal study
• Trails in Limited Access Highway Corridors Final Report
  This study documented existing conditions and developed methodologies and best practices for the design, implementation and management of Shared Use Paths in Limited Access Highway Corridors.  Visit the project website
• Trails and Golf Courses: Best Practices on Design and Management (7/05)

Programs and Education Related Documents & Studies

• Portland Safe Routes to School 1 Year Report (8/06)