Recent news:
- ‘There’s never a dull moment around here’: Blackstone District works to improve pedestrian safety, walkability, KETV, May 2022
- Advocates assess, press for accessibility during Blackstone pedestrian safety project, KETV, May 2022
- Mode Shift Omaha highlighting new pedestrian safety measures in Blackstone District, KPTM, May 2022
- ModeShift Omaha to raise awareness of new safety measures in Blackstone District, KPTM, May 2022
- Advocates ask city to get serious about stopping pedestrian deaths, KMTV, January 2022
- Mode Shift leads rally for street safety at 38th & Farnam, KPTM, December 2021
- Omaha man in wheelchair among some denied bus rides on ORBT, KMTV, December 2021
- Dundee neighborhood wants to know about ‘granny flats’, KETV, November 2021
- New Transit Oriented Development code encourages ADUs, KETV, October 2021
- Two Americas: Accessible Transit in Omaha Comes with Limitations, KMTV, October 2021
- Local Non-Profit Bringing Attention to Dangerous Traffic, KPTM, September 2021
- Sunday Morning Cyclists Take 16 mile Tour of Omaha’s Gardens, KMTV, September 2021
- Vetoed Amendments: Omaha’s Climate Denial Problem, UNO Gateway, August 2021
- Police Spending Takes Center Stage Again at Omaha Budget Debut, The Reader, August 2021
- CIP Budget does Not include Bike Lane Funding, KPTM, August 2021
- From the Streets to City Hall Civic Engagement Grows, The Reader, July 2021
- Cyclists are Taking Advantage of Omaha’s First Protected Bike Lane, KETV, July, 2021
- Construction Starts on Omaha’s First Protected Bike Lane, KPTM, July, 2021
- Pole Installed in Middle of Sidewalk Leaves Neighbors Frustrated, KMTV, July 9, 2021
- College World Series Planning for Bike Parking, WOWT, June, 2021
- Heartland BCycle Offering Free Bike Valet Service, KMTV, June, 2021
- Bike Advocates Push for Changes to Alter New Park Rules, KMTV, June 2021
- Transit Oriented Development Moves Forward in the Metro, KETV, April 12, 2021
- Do Good Week Encourages Omaha Metro Community to Support Non-Profits, WOWT, April 19, 2021
- Biking Expanding in Omaha While Bike Lanes Make Slow Progress, KMTV, April 28, 2021
- Advocates Bring Attention to Inaccessible Sidewalks, KMTV, April 11, 2021
- Omaha City Council Approves $80M Crossroads TIF, OWH, February 23, 2021
- New Omaha official’s mission: cutting traffic deaths to zero, OWH, February 2021
- 100 Years After 19th Amendment, Women Still Fighting for Rights in their Fields, February 14, 2021, OWH
- City Council Looking into E-Bike Ban on Trails, October 4, 2020, KPTM
- ORBT to Start Running with New Downtown Bus Lanes, WOWT, October 8, 2020
- Benson Bike Corral Backlash, Councilman, Advocates Want Answers, KETV, December 2019
- Mayor Stothert, advocacy group at odds over design, maintenance of north-central Omaha intersection, OWH, Nov 16, 2017
- Raising awareness of dangerous intersection, WOWT, Nov 14, 2017
- Omaha joins traffic safety initiative Vision Zero, OWH, Oct 20, 2017
- Pedestrians hit by cars on the rise, WOWT, Oct 19, 2017
- Mayor wants to bring Vision Zero initiative combating traffic deaths to Omaha, KMTV, Oct 18, 2017
- Capital improvement plan calls for new library in southwest Omaha, bike lanes on Leavenworth Street, new playgrounds, OWH, Aug 15, 2017.
- Dundee crosswalk signals will stay, at least for now, Stothert decides, OWH, Jul 29, 2017.
- Initiative urges residents of 5 Omaha neighborhoods to try traveling by foot, bike or bus, OWH, April 27, 2017
- Every Day is Earth Day, The Reader, April 13, 2017
- HDR, downtown buildings, and a deal that dissolved, KETV, Jun 30, 2016
- Safe Crossings: streets aren’t safe in Benson, Dundee, Blackstone and downtown, KMTV, Jun 1, 2016
- Study seeks to increase safety at Omaha intersections, KETV, May 24, 2016
- Metro riders adjust to new bus routes, KMTV, Apr 12, 2016
- Episode 104 – Transportation Part 1, WeOmaha News, Mar 29, 2016
- Omaha Performing Arts drops downtown land deal in surprise move, citing ‘controversy and divisiveness’, OWH, Feb 16, 2016
2015 and older stories:
- Do we need more parking garages? City planners and businesses wrestle over expectations for downtown’s future, OWH, Dec 13, 2015
- Protesters Rally To Save Historic Specht Building, WOWT, Nov 24, 2015
- Planning Board endorsement of HDR’s proposed downtown HQ is ‘very first step in what is a very long process’, OWH, Nov 4, 2015
- Why are the BRT stations so expensive? Officials explain the $260,000 price tag, OWH, Aug 14, 2015
- Designs for new Bus Rapid Transit stations go beyond the average bus stop, OWH, Aug 13, 2015
- Decades after the idea, Omaha streetcar proposal edges closer to reality, OWH – Jun 22, 2015
- $1.3 million Benson streetscape project may bloom in spring, OWH – Jan 18, 2015
- Class at UNO aims to draw back curtain on government for residents, OWH – Oct 25, 2014
- Omaha city leaders change position on bicycle transportation issue, KETV – Aug 22 2014
- Two options for 2015 budget to replace bike coordinator job, LiveWell Nebraska – Aug 21, 2014
- BFC Building Block: Bike Coordinator, League of American Bicyclists – Aug 20, 2014
- Midlands Voices: Keep transportation moving forward, OWH Op-Ed by Mode Shift – Aug 19, 2014
- Stothert hears concerns about bike, pedestrian coordinator position, KETV – Aug 18, 2014
- Stothert: Omaha bike projects would’ve happened without bike-pedestrian official, OWH – Aug 14, 2014
- Proposed library cuts, elimination of bike official post help draw dozens to marathon city budget hearing, OWH – Aug 13, 2014
- City Council Hears Public Input On Omaha’s 2015 Budget, WOWT – Aug 13, 2014
- Bicyclists by the Dozens Show up At Omaha City Budget Meeting, KMTV – Aug 12, 2014
- Hundreds Protest After Omaha Mayor Scraps City’s Only Bike/Ped Planner, StreetsBlog USA – Aug 12, 2014
- Hundreds brave the rain to back Omaha’s bike official position, OWH – Aug 11, 2014
- Rally Supports Keeping Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator, WOWT – Aug 10, 2014
- Cyclists Protest The Loss of A City of Omaha Position, KPTM – Aug 10, 2014
- Cyclists rally to support city’s bike/ped coordinator, KMTV – Aug 10, 2014
- 10 Minutes with the Mayor: Stothert discusses eliminating bike coordinator job, OWH – July 30, 2014
- Omaha bike czar’s job cut from 2015 city budget, LiveWell Nebraska – July 30, 2014
- Omaha Gets Serious About Transit, Streetsblog USA – Apr 24, 2014
- Proposal would keep bicyclists safe on South 32nd Avenue, Nov. 14, 2013 KETV
- Midlands Voices: Multiple transportation options make fiscal sense for city, Nov. 4, 2013 in the OWH
- With Mayor Stothert, bike-friendly projects may face more head winds, Oct. 17, 2013
- Ride the Bus and Meet Your Council Rep, Mar. 14, 2012, in the OWH.
- Council Weighs Carriage Ban Around the CWS on WOWT
- OPD Speaks on Potential Pedicab Ban in OWH’s The Hall
- Carving Out Lane for Bicyclists in OWH
- Master Transportation Plan Gets a Makeover in The Reader
- Q & A with Mode Shift Omaha in the Omaha By Design newsletter.
- Car-Centric Focus Limits Citizen Choice in the Omaha World Herald