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Neutral But Optimistic About the TMP

ModeShift Omaha was born during the most-recent Transportation Master Plan (TMP) process. We brought together concerned members of the community when the need  to encourage citizens engagement in the...

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Have Your Say on the S-Curve Project and the Future of Midtown

The City and HDR have made great progress on the S-Curve Area Connectivity Project, an endeavor to remedy poor circulation and prepare for increased development in and around Midtown.  The potential...

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Analysis of Mayoral Candidate Questionnaire Responses

Mode Shift Omaha and Omaha Bikes sent Mayor and City Council Candidates a list of questions related to transportation in the Omaha-area. You can read the responses in full here. Thank you to the...

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Small Steps: Transfer Stops

By: Willie Uehling When Omaha’s transportation system changed from Metro Area Transit (MAT as we all knew it) to Metro, it was said that they were a changed company looking forward to a bright future...

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Some Thoughts on Improving Public Participation in Omaha

By: Angela Eikenberry I was asked to take part last week in a panel on public participation organized by the Greater Omaha Young Professionals. It was great to have the chance to think more about and...

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Public Transportation Means Freedom, Opportunity, & Autonomy

In addition to the ways in which excellent public transportation can be a wise investment that yields valuable returns, public transportation is a moral issue. It’s about freedom, opportunity, and...

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Spaniards Buy More Bikes Than Cars

NPR blogger Lauren Frayer reports that (more and more people in Spain are discovering the bicycle as transportation). For the first time, more bicycles than cars have been sold in that country. She...

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Support Increased Density for Improved Transportation

As a city, we should give careful consideration to the types of development we allow. Buildings and other structures last a long time, and their collective impact on our quality of life is immense....

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32 Avenue: Time to Fix a Broken Process

Several neighborhood leaders and advocates have been working diligently over the past few weeks to find out what happened to kill the proposed “preferred alternative” project to slow traffic on 32 Ave....

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Snow Day: A Tale of Two Commuters

On the morning of February 4, 2015, several inches of snow fell on top of the 6 inches that blanketed Omaha two days earlier. Let’s hear from two citizens coping with the weather. Part 1: The...

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Creating a true renaissance in downtown Omaha

By Angie Eikenberry and Dale Rabideau The Apr 11 Omaha World Herald editorial, Downtown jobs critical for momentum, raises some good questions. Citing a 2013 Brookings Institution report, the editorial...

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Citizens’ Academy Spring 2016 – Transportation Workshop

Mode Shift Omaha is a founding partner in the curriculum development and organization of the Citizens’ Academy for Omaha’s Future. This Spring 2016 session our part-time Program Coordinator is...

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Lessons from Citizens’ Academy 2016: Local Government & Planning

The Spring 2016 Citizens’ Academy is coming to a close this week. Here are some of the highlights from the first two sessions on Placemaking & Local Government and Local & Regional Planning....

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March 2016 Coffee Chat with Refugee Empowerment Center

It is Nebraska’s 30,000+ refugees that remind us the importance of the City providing safe and abundant transportation options for everyone. If the lack of clear communication on our roads and transit...

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Coffee Chat with No More Empty Pots

As mentioned in our last Coffee Chat blog post, Mode Shift Omaha collaborates with local groups that serve diverse groups and interests to promote our shared vision of creating a more equitable Omaha...

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Tips to Enjoy the Walking Commute

This summer marks one year of walking to work. That doesn’t mean occasionally walking to work, or even mostly walking to work. I’m talking about walking to work, every single day, rain or shine. I’m...

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ConAgra and the Riverfront — a turning point

After the announced contraction of the Omaha workforce in 2016, ConAgra began plans to expand its Old Market campus with acres of new parking. Back when the ConAgra campus was built, it tried to...

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Shifting Modes Doesn’t Have to Be All or Nothing: The Car-Lite Lifestyle

Curtis Bryant is a long time friend of Mode Shift Omaha and occasional contributor to our blog. The book How to Live Well Without Owning a Car, by Chris Balish, introduced me to this continuum: car...

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Pilot Transit Tour was a success!

Last weekend, we piloted our Transit Tourism program that organizes fun outings for people looking to learn more about Omaha’s transit system — where it goes and how to use it. We hosted a group of ten...

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What do you do when there is nowhere to go? The need to plan for everyone.

Mode Shift member, Scott Ussery, brought a troubling circumstance to our attention at the intersection of 38th Avenue and Leavenworth. He wrote to us, “there is building demolition/construction on the...

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