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ON A SUNNY DAY IN MID-November, palpable energy filled the air as Omaha Metro Transit (Omaha Metro) staff, 50 volunteer community transit ambassadors and transit enthusiasts alike (safely) gathered in downtown Omaha, Neb., along the Dodge Street Corridor to celebrate the long-awaited arrival of a brand-new transit service: Omaha Rapid Bus Transit (ORBT), the region's first introduction to bus rapid transit (BRT) and one of the most significant transit investments for the area in decades. "We had a lot of riders that hadn't been on transit before at all, or hadn't been on in years," recalled Jason Rose, communications and community relations manager, Omaha Metro. "People were just amazed [by] the system." |