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Metro Rural Loop Feasibility Study

Fresno, California

Concerned about the expansive growth of the Fresno Region and within City of Fresno, the City embarked on envisioning the future of the larger region surrounding the Fresno-Clovis area, with the goal of creating a premier metropolitan region for the 22nd Century. The city commissioned a feasibility study for a regional land use and multi-modal transportation network, the ‘Metro Rural Loop’, which would look at absorbing over 9 million inhabitants by the year 2110 in a manner that will preserve prime agricultural lands, natural resources and quality of life standards, along with developing the economic competitiveness of the region and California. The project encompasses the four counties that include and surround the cities of Fresno, Clovis and 30 other cities and is being regarded as a pioneering effort in regional consensus building in the Valley.

CD+A has been involved with VRPA Technologies in developing a regional transportation network and land use alternatives involving several modes and technologies of mass transit and transit-supportive land use design. CD+A has defined an initial land use pattern of mixed use centers, residential neighborhoods, and employment districts. The ‘Metro Rural Loop’ land use alternative has been modeled by CD+A for Fresno County and has been included in their Blueprint process which is exploring 2050 growth alternatives. CD+A has modeled the four counties individually to the year 2110 and has helped the City of Fresno in the process to move the region towards a shared and prosperous future.