Active Transportation Improvements - 2025 to 2030

The City of Omaha's Planning and Public Works Departments annually review street resurfacing projects to incorporate "Complete Streets" improvements, such as bike lanes and pedestrian crossings, through efficient striping and signage changes. These changes aim to calm traffic, enhance safety, and advance the city's bicycle network plans.

Baby Bob Bridge

Spring of 2025 - City of Omaha
  • The Baby Bob Bridge connects the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge Plaza on Riverfront Drive to 10th Street.
  • The Baby Bob enhances the pedestrian and bicycle connections from the Charles Schwab Field, CHI Health Center, future North Omaha Burt/Mike Fahey Trail, and the future Streetcar to the Bob Kerrey Bridge, Riverfront Park, and Council Bluffs.

On Street Bicycle Lanes

19th Street - Summer/Fall 2025 - City of Omaha
  • Northbound buffered bicycle lane from Leavenworth’s buffered bicycle lane to Harney Street.

Sidewalk/Streetscape Improvements

North 24th Street Streetscape Improvement - 2026 City of Omaha 
  • Sidewalks will be repaired for safety, installed where absent, and widened to meet the needs of pedestrians.
  • Other traffic control measures and landscaping will occur to improve the multi-modal usage of N 24th Street.

Trail Projects 

Girard Connection - 2025 led by Papio Missouri Natural Resource District (Papio NRD)
  • Girard Connection follows the abandoned CNW rail line to build a trail in North Omaha. This project is located on the north side of CHI Immanuel, and will connect from 72nd Street heading north/east to the existing sidewalk on Girard Street.
Sorensen Connection - 2025 led by Papio NRD
  • Sorensen Connection follows the abandoned CNW rail line to build a trail in North Omaha. 
  • This project will include a new underpass at 72nd Street, continuing west and connecting with the existing trail on the north side of Sorensen Parkway at North 73rd Plaza.
Beltline Trail Phase 3A - 2025 led by Papio NRD
  • The Beltline Trail will reuse the former Missouri Pacific Railroad corridor that runs through central Omaha. 
  • Phase 3A will connect the intersection of Military Avenue and Hamilton Street to Decatur Street west of 40th Street.
Beltline Trail Phase 4 - 2025 led by Papio NRD
  • The Beltline Trail will reuse the former Missouri Pacific Railroad corridor that runs through central Omaha
  • Phase 4 will replace the existing asphalt sidewalk on the west side of JA Creighton Blvd from Adams Park, north to Druid Hill Elementary School.
Beltline Trail Phase 3B - 2026 led by Papio NRD
  • The Beltline Trail will reuse the former Missouri Pacific Railroad corridor that runs through central Omaha. 
  • Phase 3B will connect from Decatur Street to the southwest corner of 40th & Grant Street.
Levi Carter West Trail- 2026 led by City of Omaha 
  • This trail will connect to the current Riverfront Trail around Carter Blvd and N 12th St, and move west through Levi Carter Park southwest to Locust Street.
North Omaha Trail Phase 2 - 2027 led by Spark CDI
  • The North Omaha Trail will be an expansive, climate-resilient, multimodal transportation artery accessible to all and utilized by North Omaha residents to spark trail-oriented development and entrepreneurship, reconnect communities, and lessen dependence on gasoline-powered cars.
  • Route: 24th & Ohio St. (Fabric Lab) to Baby Bob Bridge (10th & Mike Fahey St.), traveling along Burt St. & Mike Fahey St.
  • Funding: $8 million DED grant (~$6 million for construction)
  • Status: Applied in 2023, awarded in 2024, must be completed by 2027
Burt Street Bike Way - 2028 led by Creighton University
  • The City of Omaha is vacating Burt Street from 20th Street to 24th Street. Creighton University will close the street to cars and redevelop the space as a well-landscaped pedestrian path and bikeway.
  • This bikeway will connect into the future North Omaha Trail at 24th Street and the Mike Fahey protected bicycle lane which connects into the Baby Bob Bridge.
  • Market to Midtown Bikeway - 2028 led by City of Omaha
  • This project will construct a protected bike lane along Farnam Street and Harney  Street between 10th Street and Turner Boulevard.
  • The protected bicycle lane will be physically separated from traffic lanes via curbs or other vertical separators.
Midtown Medical Center Bikeway - 2028 led by UNMC
  • The Midtown Medical Center Bikeway Connection project includes a dedicated bikeway along Emile Street separated from vehicular traffic and pedestrian overpasses at Leavenworth Street and Saddle Creek Road. 
Beltline Trail Phase 5 – TBD led by Papio NRD
  • The Beltline Trail will reuse the former Missouri Pacific Railroad corridor that runs through central Omaha. 
  • Phase 5 will connect from 40th & Grant Street to the southwest corner of Adams Park. This project is intended to be coordinated with and completed alongside potential future development in the area.
North Omaha Trail Phase 3 – TBD Spark CDI
  • The North Omaha Trail will be an expansive, climate-resilient, multimodal transportation artery accessible to all, and utilized by North Omaha residents to spark trail-oriented development and entrepreneurship, reconnect communities, and lessen dependence on gasoline-powered cars.
  •  Route: Proposed to connect 30th & Sprague to Miller Park via Metropolitan Community College.
North Omaha Trail Phase 4 - TBD Spark CDI
  • The North Omaha Trail will be an expansive, climate-resilient, multimodal transportation artery accessible to all, and utilized by North Omaha residents to spark trail-oriented development and entrepreneurship, reconnect communities, and lessen dependence on gasoline-powered cars.
  • Route: Proposed to connect Miller Park to Millwork Commons and Charles Schwab Stadium. The final route has not yet been selected.
    • 4a: Miller Park to Boyd Park via Florence Blvd. & Commerce Blvd. (Applied for EPA grant in 2024, 3-year project)
    • 4d: Enterprise Park to Millwork Commons via 16th St. (Funding TBD)

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Project Contacts

Mark McLaughlin, AICP
City Planner, City of Omaha
402.444.5560