5/29: 1st Ave Group Bike Ride
2024-05-29 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Brickway Brewery & Distillery, 1116 Jackson St., Omaha, Nebraska, 68102, United States
Join us for a group bike ride tour of 1st Ave in Council Bluffs! Mode Shift member Brandon Siracuse will provide a guided tour of 1st Ave as we ride together. We will depart from Brickway in the Old Market at 6:30. This ride is appropriate for expert cyclists and novices alike – we’ll be taking things at a slower pace and stopping frequently. We’ll end the ride back at Brickway, where you could join us for a drink.

Please note that this group ride will replace our monthly membership meeting for May.

6/18 Happy Hour at Bärchen
2024-06-18 17:00 - 19:00 | Bärchen Beer Garden, 6209 Maple St, Omaha, Nebraska, 68104
Mode Shift happy hours are back! Come hang out with your fellow active-transportation enthusiasts. No agenda, just a social gathering.

6/25 Walk with Us at MCC Fort
2024-06-25 16:00 - 17:00
Join Mode Shift Omaha on a pedestrian’s-view tour of the MCC Fort campus and its surrounding streets. We’ll be using a sidewalk audit tool to study the ways that infrastructure does, and does not, promote a safe environment for those walking and rolling in this neighborhood. Expect it to be a study in contrasts!

We will meet at the Institute for the Culinary Arts at 4:00 PM. If you’re coming by bus, Route 30 has the closest stop locations; if you’re driving, use the parking lot just off Sorensen Parkway, at the south end of campus.

8/15: Happy Hour at Saro Cider
2024-08-15 17:00 - 19:00 | Saro Cider Lounge, 1012 S 10th St, Omaha, Nebraska, 68108, United States
Come on down to Little Italy and enjoy a fantastic variety of ciders at the Saro Cider Lounge with your fellow Mode Shift supporters. Saro also serves mixed drinks, nonalcoholic beverages, and tasty shared plates, all gluten-free. The ambience is fun, the decor mid-century modern, and the car-free accessibility not too shabby.

Mode Shift happy hours are an opportunity to socialize with like-minded people, no agenda.

9/18 Walkability Team Meeting
2024-09-18 19:00 - 20:00
Join the Mode Shift Walkability Team at our May meeting via Zoom to get involved in improving pedestrian infrastructure in Omaha. We will be discussing our plans for team leadership, future events, ongoing conversations with the City, and more. All are welcome to join and connect with the Walkability Team.

10/16: Walkability Team Meeting
2024-10-16 19:00 - 20:00
Join Mode Shift’s Walkability Team for their monthly meeting on Wednesday October 16 on Zoom. The agenda includes discussion of a September meeting with the City, Walkability Assessments: request from Orpheum Theater Neighborhood Association, and more. Anyone interested in improving Walkability in Omaha is welcome.

10/19: WOW Community Bike Ride
2024-10-19 15:00 - 18:00 | Gifford Park Neighborhood Market location, 520 N 33rd St., Omaha, Nebraska, 68131
Join us Saturday, October 19th at 3pm for the inaugural We on Wheels — or W.o.W. — community bike ride! Presented by Heartland Bike Share and our title sponsor CHI Health.

We on Wheels (W.o.W.) is a FREE community bike ride program to highlight the best in active mobility opportunities in Greater Omaha & Council Bluffs. We believe when we ride together, we create a community experiences we all want to be part of. Plus, riding bikes is a whole lot of fun. Think of W.o.W. as a mobile party on wheels!

For our inaugural ride, we’ll start and end at Gifford Park (where the Neighborhood Market takes place at 520 N 33rd St.) This ride will take us down Burt St. to Millwork Commons, travel over the Bob Kerrey Bridge and explore the FIRST AVE trail in Council Bluffs. Round trip it’s about 12 miles.

Ride your bike < we want to see your wheels 🙂 > or ride one of ours! Heartland Bike Share will have 30 pedal-assist ebikes available for the ride — just be sure to reserve yours at sign-up).

RSVP today! We’ll have more exciting details in the days leading up to the ride, and we can’t wait to see you Saturday, October 19th.

10/23: RTA Candidate Forum
2024-10-23 19:15 - 20:30 | UNO Community Engagement Center, 6400 South University Drive, Omaha, Nebraska, 68182, United States
Join us at the UNO Community Engagement Center (CEC) in person or online via Zoom for a forum with candidates from across the Metro running for the Regional Transit Authority (RTA)!

The RTA will be Metro’s first ever elected board, and will be responsible for overseeing public transit. Mode Shift Omaha members helped support the passage of LB 492 in 2019, which set up the framework to create the RTA. Anyone interested in learning about the RTA candidates is welcome. Join us to learn more!

Join and share the Facebook event here.

3/25: Sunsetting party
2025-03-25 17:30 - 19:30 | Vis Major Brewing, 3501 Center Street, Omaha, Nebraska, 68105
Join us at our sunsetting party – we’ll reflect on memories with a slideshow, food and beverage, and hear from Bike Walk Nebraska on where transportation advocacy is heading next. We hope to see you there! We have limited space, so please register if you plan on coming.
