Attended a meeting of the @BetterBlckstone design challenge today and while it was definitely a very positive experience showcasing TONS of dense mixed-use development along Blackstone...I was a little upset there weren't any bus-only lanes in the concept art. 🚍
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One of the only pictures I took. To be clear, this is a design concept,nothing the city is considering for the real grade separation as far as I know.
This is similar to what I want in Fresno someday, acknowledging it took the Netherlands 40-50 years to get here.
My question Fresnans is, does that necessarily mean it should take that long for us to get there?🤔
(not shown: great mass transit)
The Last BPAC meeting of the year is tonight at 5:30 pm
Items on the agenda include January Officer Nominations, Logo Review, Strategic Plan, Regional Transportation Plan Update, and the usual Grant and PD reports.
Sorry for the late start, had a water spill on my night stand.
@PhilArballo2020 joined the meeting to ask if anything was being voted on. Melanie Ruvalcala doesn't know, but will be voting on funding (Saftey Funds).
Two seats are currently being marked vacant Members Tony Molina had his term expire last month. Tony is here, but according to the members, his total does not count towards quorem.
I'm listening in to the Palm Bike Path meeting right now. A few residents are in favor of it, a few are against, citing concerns about traffic overflow onto Van Ness Blvd, other streets.
Tony Molina from the Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee is discussing the benefits of putting a class IV protected Bikeway on Palm between Dakota and Shaw.
@kieltls is speaking now about biking. He and his wife would be more comfortable biking with the class IV bike lanes, hopes to get a whole network together.
Lighting isn't great through the county segment, the white flexible barriers would make cyclists more visible at night.
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Fresno's next (Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee Meeting) BPAC is tonight at 5:30 pm. Here's a quick rundown of the agenda before the meeting begins.
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On tomorrow's City of Fresno Planning Commission agenda, there is an item for a proposed Focused Infill (FI) Overlay District in Fresno's mixed-use corridors.
This is to "facilitate more intensive development."..."along transportation corridors in order to ... "
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...support transit use, housing production, and economic revitalization."😊
Wherever the FI Overlay District goes, there will be an increase in dwelling unit/acre.
Based on Napa's document, the city of Fresno's proposed district would take a mixed-use district ( along Blackstone? Shaw?) from "medium density" to "high density."
Joe Martinez (D1) in the chat, "Phil we will be looking to invite Vision Zero experts from San Francisco to speak at possibly next month's meeting. Is this possible?"