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Metro Founded 1972 Headquarters 2222 Cuming St. Locale Omaha, NE Service type bus service, paratransit, park and ride Routes 34 bus Fleet 135 buses Web site http://Ometro.com Metro , previously known as Metro Area Transit is the local mass transportation provider in Omaha, Nebraska. Metro currently operates around 135 buses throughout the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area,[1] including the communities of Bellevue, Ralston, LaVista and Papillion in Nebraska, as well as Council Bluffs, Iowa. Operated by the Omaha Transit Authority, a governmental subdivision of the State of Nebraska, Metro's board consists of a five member board appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the Omaha City Council as well as the Douglas County Commissioners. The first board was sworn in and took office on May 30, 1972.[2] The agency receives funds from local, state and federal sources.[3] The city has equipped its buses with bicycle carriers, catching up with neighboring cities of Des Moines, Iowa, Denver, Colorado and Kansas City, Missouri On August 23, 2010 Metro Area Transit changed it name to Metro. .[4]
Route list
- A Green Circulator
- B Red Circulator
- 1 Dundee/Underwood Hills
- 2 Dodge
- 3 40th-45th Streets/South 42nd Street
- 4/14 Maple/Fort
- 5 North 90th/South 96th
- 7 South Omaha
- 8 North 60th/West Blondo
- 9 South 20th/Vets Hospital
- 11 Leavenworth
- 13 Beltway South
- 15/55 West Center/Q Street
- 16 East Omaha/North 16th Street
- 18 Beltway North
- 22 West Dodge Circulator
- 24 24th Street
- 25 Bedford/Pratt Loop
- 26 North Omaha Circulator
- 30 Florence
- 32 Grover/Vinton
- 34 Industrial Parks
- 35 North 33rd Street
- 41/42 Council Bluffs-Mall of the Bluff
- 43/44 Council Bluffs-Manawa
- 45 Council Bluffs-Broadway
- 48 Crosstown South
- 92 Dodge Express
- 93 Tri-Communities Express
- 94 Oakview Express
- 95 Bellevue Express
- 96 Q Street Express
- 97 Millard Express
- 98 Maple Village Express
See also
References
- ^ "Metro", TransitTalk. Retrieved 6/29/08.
- ^ "History", Metro. Retrieved 6/29/08.
- ^ "Metropolitan Area Transit", U.S. Office of Financial Management and Budget. Retrieved 6/29/08.
- ^ Shaw, T. "Omaha's making room for bicycles on buses",Omaha World-Herald. April 21, 2008. Retrieved 6/29/08.
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