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One month later in June 2011, Metro launched nine new New Flyer Low Floor Restyled buses. These were Omaha's first new non-Gillig brand transit buses since 1994. Later in December 2011, Metro joined Google Transit. This was an upgrade from Metro's own trip planner which has been described as cumbersome.
Omaha Rapid Bus Transit (ORBT) is a bus rapid transit service in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. It is operated by Metro Transit and serves 8.2 miles (13.2 km) of Dodge Street between Omaha's Old Market entertainment district and the transit center at Westroads Mall . [ 1 ]
Transportation in Omaha, Nebraska, includes most major modes, such as pedestrian, bicycle, automobile, bus, train and airplane. While early transportation consisted of ferries, stagecoaches , steamboats , street railroads , and railroads, the city's transportation systems have evolved to include the Interstate Highway System , parklike ...
The first dedicated intercity bus station in Omaha was the Union Bus Depot, which opened in 1929 at the southwest corner of 16th and Jackson streets. Within a short time period, the depot saw 35,000 passengers pass through every month. [2] In 1948, both Greyhound Lines and Trailways moved out to build their own facilities.
Salvador Bahia Bus in Santo Antonio da Barra Lighthouse, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The Needles "Breezer", Isle of Wight, England. A tour bus service is an escorted tour (sometimes a package holiday) or bus service that takes visitors sightseeing, with routes around tourist attractions.
The Heartland of America Park is a Downtown Omaha feature that includes a fountain and gondola rides on a lake with two fountains, with one that shoots water 300 feet (91 m) into the air during a colorful nighttime light show. Omaha's Lauritzen Gardens is a 100-acre (0.40 km 2) botanical garden features a holiday poinsettia show in
As automobile travel became more common, so did the need for better roads in Nebraska and throughout the U.S. In 1911, the Omaha-Denver Trans-Continental Route Association, with support from the Good Roads Movement, established the Omaha-Lincoln-Denver Highway (O-L-D) through Lincoln. The goal was to have the most efficient highway for travel ...
U.S. 34 then becomes a pair of one-way streets, North 9th Street and North 10th Streets, where Interstate 180 ends. U.S. 34 turns east on "O" Street in downtown Lincoln just a few blocks later. [1] [3] U.S. 34 then continues due east from Lincoln, intersecting Nebraska Highway 43 in Eagle.