Mode Shift Omaha

11/2 Walk with Us at North Omaha Transit Center
2023-11-02 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Chicago) | 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.

7/8: Coffee Social
2023-07-08 10:00 - 11:00 | Edge of the Universe, 6070 Maple St., Omaha, Nebraska, 68104, United States
Join the Bike Team for a casual meet up at Edge of the Universe. An opportunity to discuss bike or other transportation topics or just meet up with other Mode Shifters. All are welcome.

7/5 Bike Team Meeting
2023-07-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Dry Spokes, 1901 Leavenworth St., Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Join us for our July Bike Team meeting in-person to follow up on plans for bike valet at upcoming events, bike rides, petition/sign-on letter to require detours for trail closures, and more. All are welcome to join and connect to the work of the Bike Team.

6/28 Lincoln Safe Routes to School
2023-06-28 19:00 - 20:30
Join us on Zoom as we hear from Roberto and Stephanie from the City of Lincoln’s planning department on Safe Routes to School – a pedestrian focused initiative from the City of Lincoln.

Bike Month Bike Ride: May 20th
2023-05-20 09:00 - 16:00
Join us for a Bike Month Bike Ride! We’ll meet at the Luminarium and ride together to Fabric Labs, where we’ll take a break to hear from Preston Love Jr. about the history of North Omaha. We’ll then bike on the North Omaha Trail, and back to the Luminarium. If you’d like to use a Heartland Bike Share e-bike please reserve one here!

9:00AM – Luminarium

9:30AM – Farmers Market Downtown

10:00AM – Fabric Lab Conversation with Preston Love Jr.

10:30AM – North Omaha Trail

11:00AM – Gifford Park and Harney Street

11:15AM – Arrive back at the Luminarium

Check out our planned route below, or see the route on Google Earth here.

Coffee Meet Up
2023-05-13 10:00 - 11:00 | The Mill Coffee & Tea, 3105 Leavenworth Street, Omaha, Nebraska, 68105, United States
Join Mode Shift Omaha’s Bike Team for a monthly (or so) social meet up at a local coffee shop. We are kicking this off for 2023 with a meet up on Saturday May 13 at The Mill Coffee on Leavenworth. (We’re building on the tradition of Mode Shift Coffee Chats & Sarah Johnson’s Saturday Coffee Rides!). You can RSVP & share this event on Facebook (or just share this link).

Dry Happy Hour on 5/11
2023-05-11 17:30 - 18:30 | Dry Spokes, 1901 Leavenworth St., Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Join us for a Mode Shift happy hour at Dry Spokes! Dry Spokes is a bike-themed non-alcoholic bar/Omaha Mocktail bar on Leavenworth. Get to know other Mode Shift volunteers!

Walkability Team Meeting
2023-05-10 19:00 - 20:00
Join the Mode Shift Walkability Team at their May meeting via Zoom to get involved in improving pedestrian infrastructure in Omaha. There will be discussion of April Walk with Us event at 72nd & Dodge, potential future Walk with Us events, ongoing conversations with the City, and more.

Bike Team Meeting
2023-05-02 19:00 - 20:00
Join us for our May Bike Team meeting via Zoom to follow up on plans for bike valet at upcoming events, bike rides, petition/sign-on letter to require detours for trail closures, and more.

April Member Meeting w/ Our Streets MPLS
2023-04-26 19:00 - 20:00
We are SO EXCITED to have José Antonio Zayas Cabán from Our Streets MPLS talking to us about the work Our Streets is doing in Minneapolis. José is the Advocacy Director for Our Streets Minneapolis, where he has worked on developing reparative justice campaigns across the Twin Cities. We hope you can join us on Zoom! Facebook event link

April Transit Team Meeting
2023-04-25 19:00 - 20:00
Join Mode Shift Omaha’s Transit Team on Zoom to discuss opportunities to push for better transit and help more people learn about and use Omaha’s transit system. We’ll debrief the legislative session and what happened with transportation-related bills. In the past we have pushed for passage of the Regional Transit Authority legislation (passed in 2019), organized Ride the Bus with Us events to create fun bus riding opportunities, and shared information about elements of good bus rapid transit.

Earth Day: Bike Valet & more
2023-04-22 10:00 - 18:00 | Elmwood Park, Elmwood Park Road, Omaha, Nebraska, 68106, United States
Join Mode Shift Omaha’s Bike Team at Earth Day Omaha on Saturday April 22 to park bicycles for folks going to Earth Day activities and connect with attendees about Mode Shift. We will also have a petition to request detours for all trail closures to make transportation and recreation on our local trails more reliable and accessible for all. Sign up to volunteer for a 2 hour shift.You can also just stop by our booth for free bike valet parking, to chat about Mode Shift, and/or to learn about our petition to request trail detours. Learn more about Earth Day Omaha at Elmwood Park from 11am to 6pm.

Bus stop & sidewalk clean up
2023-04-20 16:00 - 17:00 | Intersection of Maple St & 72nd St., 2901 N 72nd St., Omaha, Nebraska, 68134, United States
Join Mode Shift Omaha and the Blue Bucket Project to clean up bus shelters and sidewalks at the intersection of 72nd St. & Maple St. Just show up, and the Blue Bucket Project will provide trash cleanup materials including gloves and trash buckets.Omaha Metro bus service is provided to this intersection by the 18 bus route and the 4 bus route.Facebook event link.

Walk with Us: 72nd & Dodge
2023-04-19 17:30 - 18:30 | Intersection of 72nd & Dodge Streets, 7205 Dodge St, Omaha, Nebraska, 68114, United States
Construction and recent crashes have reshaped the pedestrian experience around the intersection of 72nd St. and Dodge St. We’ll gather at 5:30pm on Wednesday April 19 at the Southwest corner of 72nd & Dodge Streets (sidewalk near Do Space). We’ll walk around with signs to bring attention to this area and observe the condition of pedestrian infrastructure in the area. Bring your own sign or grab one of ours. Facebook event link.
