Metro Area Transit

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

• Transportation in Omaha

References

1. ^ "Metro", TransitTalk. Retrieved 6/29/08.
2. ^ "History", Metro. Retrieved 6/29/08.
3. ^ "Metropolitan Area Transit", U.S. Office of Financial Management and Budget. Retrieved 6/29/08.
4. ^ Shaw, T. "Omaha's making room for bicycles on buses",Omaha World-Herald. April 21, 2008. Retrieved 6/29/08.

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