Mode Shift Omaha

1/13: Coffee Meet Up
2024-01-13 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | Myrtle & Cypress Coffeehouse, 517 N 33rd St., Omaha, Nebraska, 68131
Join the Bike Team on Saturday January 13 at 10am at Myrtle & Cypress Coffeehouse in Gifford Park area. Discuss biking and transportation in Omaha. Open to anyone.

1/11: Happy Hour
2024-01-11 17:00 - 19:00 | Muchachos, 1258 S 13th S, Omaha, Nebraska, 68108, United States
Join us for a happy hour at Muchachos from 5 to 7 pm on Thursday, January 11th. There’s no agenda, and all supporters of Mode Shift are invited. Muchachos is a restaurant on South 13th Street that offers tacos, rice bowls, and other dishes from New Mexico. Drinks include craft beer, cider, cocktails (including diverse margaritas) and sodas.

1/3: Bike Team Meeting
2024-01-03 19:00 - 20:00 | Dry Spokes, 1901 Leavenworth St., Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Join the Bike Team for our January meeting in person at Dry Spokes on Wednesday January 3 at 7pm. Focus will be on 2024 planning including bike valet, bike ride, and education events.

12/14: Happy Hour
2023-12-14 17:00 - 18:30 | Site-1 Brewing, 2566 Farnam St., Omaha, Nebraska, 68131, United States
Join us for a happy hour at Site-1 Brewing from 5 to 6:30pm on Thursday December 14th. There’s no agenda, and all supporters of Mode Shift are invited. (Site-1 has a beer, cider, cocktail, and nonalcoholic drink menu — but no food. We are allowed to bring in outside food.)

12/13: Walkability Team Meeting
2023-12-13 19:00 - 20:00
Join the Mode Shift Walkability Team at their December meeting via Zoom to get involved in improving pedestrian infrastructure in Omaha. We will be discussing Walk with Us events, ongoing conversations with the City, and more. All are welcome to join and connect with the Walkability Team.

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1076541523764886

12/9: Coffee Meet Up
2023-12-09 10:00 - 11:00 | Astute Coffee, 1818 Dodge St, Omaha, Nebraska, 68102, United States Minor Outlying Islands
UPDATE: Free Bikes for Kidz Omaha (FB4K) has finished all of the bike builds for this year, which is great! So, FB4K does not need volunteers on Saturday. Instead we’re just going to have a coffee meet up at 10 am at Astute Coffee at 1818 Dodge St. There’s no agenda and anyone is welcome to talk biking or transportation in Omaha and learn more about Mode Shift.

Bike Team Meeting
2023-12-06 19:00 - 20:00 | Dry Spokes, 1901 Leavenworth St., Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Join us for our December Bike Team meeting in person at Dry Spokes. Focus will be on debriefing the Cranksgiving event on November 4th, collaborations with other bike groups/bike shops, and planning for 2024.

12/6: Social Media Training
2023-12-06 17:30 - 18:30
We rely on volunteers to run our social media and are excited to train and onboard some new folks to contribute to our virtual presence! Join us on Zoom to learn about the tools we use, how to access them, and the type of content we like to post. Zoom link to join: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85978350347?pwd=[REDACTED]

11/28: Giving Tuesday Party
2023-11-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Ponderosa Cyclery, 3901 Leavenworth St., Omaha, Nebraska, 68105, United States
Join us for our Giving Tuesday party Tuesday November 28 at Ponderosa Cyclery! Like days of old we’ll hang out and text and email folks reminding them to donate to Mode Shift at a bike shop with pizza. Going to be tons of fun

11/14: Vision Zero Plan Vote at City Council
2023-11-14 14:00 - 17:00
The Omaha City Council will vote on a resolution to adopt the Vision Zero Plan in the City Council meeting on Tuesday November 14. From the public events and information shared by Vision Zero Omaha, it seems like the plan will be good. You should be able to access the City Council meeting agenda and related materials here, once these are posted.

Vision Zero Omaha logo with pedestrian, bike, and car icons.

It would be great to have folks speak in support of the plan at City Council (and highlight any gaps/opportunities for improvement). There are multiple options for voicing your support:

You can just show up in person and speak on an agenda item

You can speak virtually via Zoom (see instructions below)

You could submit written testimony in support to the City Clerk at: cityclerk@cityofomaha.org (also feel free to include your Councilmember and/or other Councilmembers)

Speaking virtually at City Council

To speak on an agenda item through Zoom, email the City Clerk at cityclerk@cityofomaha.org with the following information: Name Address Item(s) you wish to speak on Proponent or opponent Registrations must be completed by 4:30 PM on the Monday prior to the meeting date (unless otherwise noted on the agenda). *A registration is complete once you have submitted the Zoom meeting invite and receive a “Omaha City Council Meeting Confirmation” email. There is no guarantee of your participation via Zoom in the meeting if all of the above information is not finalized by the deadline.

Click here to find instructions and guidelines for Zoom participation at City Council meetings.

11/11: Coffee Meet up
2023-11-11 10:00 - 11:00 | Dry Spokes, 1901 Leavenworth St., Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Join the Bike Team on Saturday November 11 at 10am at Cafe Ohana pop up with Hawaiian coffee and snacks at Dry Spokes on Leavenworth. Discuss biking and transportation in Omaha. Open to anyone.

11/8: Walkability Team Meeting
2023-11-08 19:00 - 20:00
Join the Mode Shift Walkability Team at their November meeting via Zoom to get involved in improving pedestrian infrastructure in Omaha. We will be debriefing the November 1 Walk with Us event that is happening near the North Omaha Transit Center, ongoing conversations with the City, and more. All are welcome to join and connect with the Walkability Team.

11/4: Cranksgiving
2023-11-04 10:00 - 12:00 | Dry Spokes, 1901 Leavenworth St., Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Join Mode Shift Omaha’s Bike Team on Saturday November 4th for Cranksgiving. Cranksgiving is “is a food drive on two wheels. Part bike ride, part food drive, and part scavenger hunt,” and rides are happening across the country. We’re meeting at Dry Spokes, 1901 Leavenworth St at 10:00 AM. Then, we’ll ride to local food stores and return by 12:00 PM. Finally, we’ll ride to Together Inc. to deliver the donations!

Don’t be a turkey, be there!!

11/2 Walk with Us at North Omaha Transit Center
2023-11-02 17:30 - 18:30 | North Omaha Transit Center, 4308 N 31st Ave, Omaha, Nebraska, 68111, United States
Join us at North Omaha Transit Center for an autumn Walk with Us event. We’ll be looking critically at the safety and connectivity along Ames, with a particular focus on pedestrian routes to and from North High School and the North Omaha Trail. We should have daylight on our side for the hourlong walk, but please dress for the weather! Signs will be available.

Why here and now? Here are a couple of reasons:

This segment of Ames is in the Priority High Injury Network (HIN) identified by Omaha’s Vision Zero plan. Within the Priority HIN, crashes involving fatal and severe injuries are over 9x more likely to occur.

There are multiple schools within walking distance of NOTC. Students have always been power users of transit, and this is especially true since Metro Transit introduced its K12 Rides Free program. But do kids have safe walking routes to and from transit?

Bike Team Meeting
2023-11-01 19:00 - 20:00 | Dry Spokes, 1901 Leavenworth St., Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Join us for our November Bike Team meeting in person at Dry Spokes. Focus will be on organizing a Cranksgiving event on Saturday November 4th to get folks out on bikes and get food donations for the local charities.

10/14: Coffee Meet Up
2023-10-14 10:00 - 11:00 | Hardy Coffee in Benson, 6051 Maple St., Omaha, Nebraska, 68104, United States
Join the Bike Team at Hardy Coffee in Benson to discuss biking and transportation in Omaha. Open to anyone.

10/11 Walkability Team Meeting
2023-10-11 19:00 - 20:00
Join the Mode Shift Walkability Team at their October meeting via Zoom to get involved in improving pedestrian infrastructure in Omaha. We will be planning for a November 1 Walk with Us event near the North Omaha Transit Center, ongoing conversations with the City, and more. All are welcome to join and connect with the Walkability Team.

10/4: Bike Team Meeting
2023-10-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Dry Spokes, 1901 Leavenworth St., Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Join us for our October Bike Team meeting in person at Dry Spokes. Focus will be on organizing a Cranksgiving event on November 4th to get folks out on bikes and get food donations for the local charities.

9/27: Monthly Meeting
2023-09-27 19:00 - 20:30
Join us virtually on Wednesday September 27 at 7pm for a Mode Shift Omaha history discussion. Anyone who’s been involved with MSO or who is interested in learning more about MSO is invited. We’ll have folks who have been involved at different times over the 12 year history of MSO. Board member Grace Thomas will facilitate a discussion about what MSO has accomplished, challenges, and important places, events, people, and more!

9/26: Bike Skills 101
2023-09-26 17:30 - 19:30 | Bike Walk event location, 1144 N 11th St Suite B, Omaha, Nebraska, 68102, United States
This event is hosted by Bike Walk Nebraska.

The Bikes Skills 101: Learn-to-Ride for adults is for older teens (ages 15+) and adults who have never learned to ride a bicycle or have not been on a bike in a long time.

With our safe, easy, and efficient curriculum, participants will gain the confidence to master fundamental bike riding skills.

In this class, you’ll learn:– Basic bike riding skills, including starting, stopping, steering, and balancing– Safe cycling practices– How to adjust a bike helmet for appropriate fit– How to use the Bikeshare system and about the overall benefits of cycling for health, fitness, and transportation

Bikes and helmets are provided for all participants.

Most participants will leave knowing how to ride a bike without support; if not, they’ll leave equipped to keep learning independently.

Participants will also gain access to the Heartland Bikeshare System.

This class is a part the Nebraska Equity in Active Transportation (NEAT) initiative which is funded by the Omaha Community Foundation.

Bike Walk Event page: https://www.bikewalknebraska.org/news-events/event-calendar.html/event/2023/09/26/bike-skills-101-learn-to-ride-adults-/447759

9/13: Walkability Team Meeting
2023-09-13 19:00 - 20:00
Join the Mode Shift Walkability Team at their September meeting via Zoom to get involved in improving pedestrian infrastructure in Omaha. There will likely be discussion of past Walk with Us events, potential future Walk with Us events, ongoing conversations with the City, and more. All are welcome to join and connect with the Walkability Team.

9/9: Elmwood Coffee Meet Up
2023-09-09 10:00 - 11:00 | Elmwood Park, Elmwood Park Road, Omaha, Nebraska, 68106, United States
Join the Bike Team at Elmwood Park to discuss biking in Omaha. Bring your own coffee/tea.The marker on the map shows the approximate location in Elmwood Park, which is at picnic tables near the south end of the long narrow parking lot that is off of Elmwood Park Rd, near the playground.

9/8: Bike Walk Nebraska Summit
2023-09-08 08:00 - 16:30 | Turbine Flats in Lincoln, 2124 Y St., Lincoln, Nebraska, 68503, United States
Annual Bike Walk Nebraska Summit hosted by Bike Walk Nebraska. More from them:

The Bike Walk Nebraska Summit is a one-day event bringing stakeholders from various sectors together to discuss and advance active transportation in Nebraska. With in-depth workshops and discussions, the summit focuses on high-priority items for all sectors involved in biking and walking.

Participants will collaborate to identify practical solutions, share best practices, and inspire action for a more walkable, bike-friendly Nebraska.

Join us at the annual Bike Walk Nebraska Summit for networking, learning, and shaping the future of active transportation in the state.

**Reach out to Mode Shift Omaha if you plan on going and are interested in carpooling/connecting with other Mode Shifters who are going: contact: info [at] modeshiftomaha.org

9/6: Membership Party
2023-09-06 17:30 - 20:00 | Vis Major, 3501 Center St, Omaha, Nebraska, 68105, United States
Join us to celebrate the work of Mode Shift Omaha, connect with other Mode Shifters, and join/renew your Mode Shift membership! Mode Shift Omaha is providing pizza and drinks! Wednesday September 6 from 5:30pm to 8pm at Vis Major.

8/29: Evolving Omaha: What's a Stroad?
2023-08-29 18:00 - 20:30 | Dry Spokes, 1901 Leavenworth St., Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Mode Shift member Michael Kolakowski has organized a second part to the event we hosted together last year, which included showings of Not Just Bikes short videos and discussion.

Come learn what a stroad is and why it’s important to you. Missed Part 1? See below.

In order to continue improving Omaha, certain changes need to be made. To know what changes need to happen, we must educate ourselves.

Attend this community informational session and discussion to find out! We will be learning about:

* City design* Pedestrian Safety* Affordable Housing* Cycling and Pedestrian Infrastructure

There will be a series of short videos* (about 1 hour in total) with time for discussion after each.

Missed Part 1? Simply watch the first four videos in the below playlist. Don’t have time? Come anyway! We’ll recap, each video is separate topic anyway, and there aren’t any tests.

*The videos are the Strong Towns Videos from the wonderful Not Just Bikes channel.

PS – this event is free, but we have a minimum spend amount at Dry Spokes, so buy a delicious mocktail and help support the event!

8/15: Vision Zero Open House
2023-08-15 17:00 - 19:00 | UNO Community Engagement Center, 6400 South University Drive, Omaha, Nebraska, 68182, United States
Hosted by the City of Omaha’s Vision Zero Omaha initiative on the Vision Zero Action Plan draft recommendations and projects. Presentation starts at 5:15pm.

July Membership Meeting: Brian Spencer from the Medical Center
2023-07-26 19:00 - 20:15
Join us at our monthly membership as we hear from Brian Spencer at the Medical Center about their exciting projects on Saddle Creek! He’ll be able to speak to the infrastructure planned that will support multimodal transportation, and answer any questions.

Register in advance for this meeting:https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpd-iprjgtGNaSe41B7qN6F5iV1i9luqbu

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Walk With Us: New Downtown Library
2023-07-22 10:30 - 11:30
Join Mode Shift members as we explore pedestrian access to the new downtown library location. We’ll meet at 10:30 AM outside the library (1401 Jones Street) and give ourselves a walking tour of the infrastructure on the surrounding blocks, with particular attention to the challenges posed by the loading docks on 14th Street.

July happy hour!
2023-07-20 18:30 - 20:00
Let’s get together and meet other Mode Shift Members! We’re having a happy hour on Thursday, July 20th at Bärchen Beer Garden in Benson. Yes, we know we said happy hour AND we said it’s at 6:30 PM (if it is before 7 it is technically a happy hour!). We can’t wait to see you there.

7/12: Walkability Team Meeting
2023-07-12 19:00 - 20:00
Join the Mode Shift Walkability Team at their July meeting via Zoom to get involved in improving pedestrian infrastructure in Omaha. There will be discussion of past Walk with Us events, potential future Walk with Us events, ongoing conversations with the City, and more. All are welcome to join and connect with the Walkability Team.
