Birmingham B-Active Plan
Birmingham, AL
Project Summary
When the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham, AL wanted to increase the number of people walking and biking in the region, they turned to Toole Design create a roadmap for communities in and around Birmingham to achieve this regional goal. Key elements are expanded active transportation connections between critical destinations and a focus on the number of people walking and biking, rather than simply miles of facilities. Local media outlets picked up on the B-Active brand almost immediately, and the name is now embedded in the local lexicon as a synonym for biking, walking, and making healthy choices.
Expertise Applied
The B-Active Plan will increase the number of people walking and biking in the region, provide a path to better walkable and bikable connections between critical origins and destinations, and recommend projects that are achievable.
The B-Active moniker has quickly become synonymous with biking, walking, and making healthy choices in the Birmingham region.
B-Active is now part of the local lexicon and will live well beyond the planning process.
Pop-up outreach on trails, along with other innovative data gathering techniques, combined withstakeholder meetings and online surveys to inform the plan's content.