Fresno has ‘unique opportunity’ for new transit. Could light rail fuel downtown growth?

Depending on what a study finds feasible for Fresno, and what future local elected officials decide, it’s possible a light rail system could one day connect downtown to various parts of the Fresno-Clovis metropolitan area.

There could be a line from downtown to the growing Fresno Yosemite International Airport. Or one along the Fresno Area Express Q route, the service’s highest-ridership bus line that already connects downtown to everything on Blackstone Avenue — all the way north to the River Park Shopping Center.

Would the connectivity help the growth and revitalization of downtown Fresno?…

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