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Regional mobility-hub study spotlights Parlier police station as a possible hub
Summary
Walker Consultants updated the Parlier City Council on a Fresno County mobility-hub feasibility study that is conceptually analyzing the Parlier Police Department site among four candidate locations; the study is advisory only and does not commit the city to construction or funding.
Ben Webber of Walker Consultants updated the Parlier City Council on Sept. 4 about a Fresno Council of Governments-led feasibility study exploring ‘mobility hubs’ at four county sites, including the Parlier Police Department property on Mendocino Avenue.
Webber said the study—funded by a Caltrans grant and produced with the Fresno County Rural Transit Agency (FCRTA), Clovis Transit and Fresno Area Express—looks at site design, potential transit and shared-mobility services, and operating partnerships, and aims to deliver a feasibility memo and later an action plan. “We are exploring the physical design of mobility hubs and the mobility services that could be there,” Webber said. He described baseline features (bus access, EV charging, covered waiting areas) and enhanced options (solar canopies, small indoor community spaces and bike-share kiosks).
The study team is treating the police-station site as a “buildable” but somewhat outlying node—about a mile from City Hall—with the potential to create a second activity node in Parlier. Webber said FCRTA does not currently serve the exact parcel and that the closest stops are roughly three-quarters of a mile away, but FCRTA “is open to considering bringing its bus routing to this site.” Webber emphasized the work is conceptual: “This is a study. It will not prepare final designs or construction documents or obtain permits. It won’t secure funding. It won’t initiate construction. It won’t commit any parties to further action.”
Council members asked about timelines and other candidate sites. Webber said updated plan diagrams would be available by the end of the month and the full project wrap-up is expected around February, at which point FCOG committees and boards will review the work. He offered to follow up with staff if council members wanted additional briefings.
Mayor Pamela Beltran and council members did not take a binding vote; staff said the city has already agreed to include the police-station location in the conceptual study and was asked informally to continue supporting the study and to participate in follow-up coordination with FCOG and transit partners.
