This project will develop the 24TH street corridor study from the locally preferred alternatives phase into the final design phase

This $3,750,000 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) award, provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration, will fund the completion of the 24th Street Corridor Study for the Transit Authority of the City of Omaha (doing business as Metro Area Transit). The project will conduct a feasibility assessment, fully define the locally preferred alternative, identify needed transit enhancements, and complete the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) study. The expected outcomes are to increase upward mobility and implement full development of the 24th Street Corridor, with a focus on serving populations with high percentages of people of color, residents over 65, low-income households, and those with limited access to individual transportation. This work will enhance accessibility, sustainability, and equity for individuals accessing the Metro system along the 24th Street Corridor by improving connections to employment, education, commercial, and medical services.

Activities

The project will complete the feasibility assessment fully define the locally preferred alternative identify the needed transit enhancements and complete the national environmental policy act (nepa) study.

Expected outcomes

This project is intended to increase the upward mobility of the communities served and implement full development of the 24TH street corridor.

Intended beneficiaries

The project study includes areas with high populations of people of color residents over the age of 65 households with low or no access to individual means of transportation and households living below designated poverty standards. This alignment allows metro to develop services which enhance accessibility sustainability and equity for those individuals accessing the metro system along the 24TH street corridor by allowing greater access to employment education commercial and medical services.