What is Active Transportation?
Active transportation refers to human-powered transportation, such as walking, cycling, using a wheelchair, in-line skating, skateboarding, etc.
These activities have many important health, economic, environmental, and social benefits:
- Helping families get to schools, parks, work, shopping, restaurants, and bus stops
- Improving health and reducing the incidence of disease and obesity
- Reducing air pollution
- Saving money on gas and car maintenance
However, many neighborhoods were developed without good trails, sidewalks, and bike lanes that make walking and biking safe and comfortable for everyone.
Stay up to date! Contact Simran Jhutti, Senior Regional Planner, at jhutti@fresnocog.org if you have any questions, or to be added to our mailing list and to receive project updates.
Fresno COG’s Bikeways Map
Fresno COG’s Interactive Countywide Bikeways Map July 2024
Fresno COG Bikeways Map for print (pdf version)
Request FREE printed copies by emailing comment@fresnocog.org
Active Transportation Plan Update
Final Fresno County Regional Active Transportation Plan – Approved by FCOG Policy Board May 30, 2024
2024 ATP Chapters 1 – 4: Introduction, existing conditions, planned networks and programs and implementation
2024 ATP Chapter 5: City of Coalinga
2024 ATP Chapter 6: City of Firebaugh
2024 ATP Chapter 7: City of Fowler
2024 ATP Chapter 8: City of Huron
2024 ATP Chapter 9: City of Kerman
2024 ATP Chapter 10: City of Kingsburg
2024 ATP Chapter 11: City of Mendota
2024 ATP Chapter 12: City of Orange Cove
2024 ATP Chapter 13: City of Parlier
2024 ATP Chapter 14: City of San Joaquin
2024 ATP Chapter 15: City of Sanger
2024 ATP Chapter 16: Unincorporated County Communities
2024 ATP Chapter 17: Community Connections
2024 ATP Appendix A: Plan Conformance with Active Transportation Program Guidelines
2024 ATP Appendix B: Public Participation
2024 ATP Appendix C: Relationship to Other Plans and Policies
2024 ATP Appendix D – H: Projects, Priorities and Cost Estimates/Funding Sources/Fact Sheets/Safe Routes to School Inventory/Jurisdictional Resolutions
R-ATP Update – Negative Declaration
Fresno COG has completed the Active Transportation Plan (5/30/2024) and we would like to thank all that were involved. The ATP project website (all information is available in English and Spanish) which shares the many ways in which ideas and thoughts on how to build a complete, safe, and comfortable network of trails, sidewalks, and bikeways that serves all residents of Fresno County were gathered. Information on walking and biking across Fresno County was gathered through a Regional ATP interactive map and the Fresno Regional ATP online survey. The public review period for the Negative Declaration took place from April 11, 2024, to May 13, 2024.
For more information on the Regional ATP please contact Simran Jhutti, Fresno COG Senior Regional Planner, at jhutti@fresnocog.org or (559) 233-4148 ext. 241.
Fresno County Regional Trails Plan
The Fresno Council of Governments and Fresno County developed the 2020 Fresno County Regional Trails Plan. This plan will create a vision and recommendations for the ongoing development of new trail connections that create a safe, comfortable, and connected network for walking/hiking, off-road biking and horseback riding.
The updated Trails Plan focuses on unpaved recreational trails and paved shared-use paths in Fresno County, including county areas within incorporated cities. The plan allows Fresno County to continue creating great recreational trail opportunities and encourages residents and visitors to use trails to move around and between their communities and recreational areas.
Project Documents
Other Trail Maps
Fresno-Clovis Metropolitan Area Class IV Separated Bikeway Feasibility Study
The Fresno Council of Governments determined the feasibility of constructing separated bikeways within Fresno and Clovis; and possibly elsewhere in the County. Separated bikeways are on-street bicycle facilities that include a vertical physical barrier between the bikeway and moving traffic, such as flexible bollards, a curb, on-street parking, or planter boxes. They can be designed to allow for either one- or two-way travel. Depending on the agency or jurisdiction, separated bikeways may also be referred to as “protected bikeways” or “cycle tracks,” or “separated or protected bike lanes.
The Fresno/Clovis Metropolitan Area Class IV Bikeway Feasibility Study reviewed design guidance and implementation needs, evaluated existing corridors in the Fresno-Clovis area, and identified key locations where separated bikeways likely provide the greatest benefit or return on investment.