BUSINESS ACCESS AND TRANSIT LANES

Omaha Municipal Code ch. 36, art. IX

in effect

Omaha Municipal Code § 36-290 Establishment.

Sec. 36-290. - Establishment. For purposes of this article, the city is establishing semi-exclusive business access and transit lanes which may be used solely for passenger busses operated by the transit authority of the city, doing business as Metro Transit as part of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Program. (Ord. No. 42359, § 2, 11-10-20)

Omaha Municipal Code § 36-291 Definitions.

Sec. 36-291. - Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms are defined as follows: Passenger bus. A passenger bus is a bus designed to carry passengers operated by the transit authority of the city, doing business as Metro Transit, that may not exceed a width of eight feet eight inches or be of greater length than 65 feet. (Ord. No. 42359, § 2, 11-10-20)

Omaha Municipal Code § 36-292 Designation—Official list.

Sec. 36-292. - Designation—Official list. The city traffic engineer shall designate the streets, highways, alleys, avenues or boulevards within the corporate limits of the city to be used as business access and transit lanes. Such designation shall consist of a list of the streets, highways, alleys, avenues or boulevards to be used as business access and transit lanes. When the list of the designated business access and transit lanes have been approved by resolution of the city council, and filed on record in the public works department, and the police department, they shall be the official designated business access and transit lanes of the city. The removal of any street, highway, alley, avenue or boulevard from the list of business access and transit lanes shall follow the same process outlined in this section. Copies of the current, updated official business access and transit lane list shall be kept in the office of the public works department and the police department and be made available for free distribution to the public. (Ord. No. 42359, § 2, 11-10-20)

Omaha Municipal Code § 36-293 Signs and pavement markings.

Sec. 36-293. - Signs and pavement markings. The city traffic engineer shall install, or cause to be installed, appropriate signs indicating which streets are designated as business access and transit lanes. Further, the city traffic engineer shall install or cause to be installed all appropriate pavement markings to identify the business access and travel lanes to inform the public of their limitation. (Ord. No. 42359, § 2, 11-10-20)

Omaha Municipal Code § 36-294 Business access and transit lanes.

Sec. 36-294. - Business access and transit lanes. The city hereby creates business access and transit lanes (BAT) which are exclusively restricted to (1) use by passenger busses; and, (2) to any other traffic legally operating in the roadway for the sole purpose of making a right turn onto another street, highway, alley, avenue or boulevard within the city or for purposes of entry into a business alongside such street, highway, alley, avenue or boulevard. At no time shall anybody be able to park in the BAT lanes. This shall not prohibit passenger busses operated by the transit authority of the city, doing business as Metro Transit, to stop in such lanes for purposes of picking up passengers and/or waiting for scheduled routes. (Ord. No. 42359, § 2, 11-10-20)

Omaha Municipal Code § 36-295 The operation and parking of vehicular traffic is prohibited in business access and transit lanes.

Sec. 36-295. - The operation and parking of vehicular traffic is prohibited in business access and transit lanes. No person shall operate a vehicle, other than a passenger bus operated by the transit authority of Omaha, doing business as Metro Transit, in the business access and transit lane other than for purposes of taking a right turn onto another street, highway, alley, avenue or boulevard within the city or for purposes of entry into a business alongside such street, highway, alley, avenue or boulevard. The vehicle shall be permitted to enter the business access and transit lane no more than 250 feet before the authorized right turn. Any person in violation of this section shall be punished as prescribed in section 1-10 and shall pay a minimum fine of $250.00 for each such violation. Further, any individual who parks their vehicle in such business access and transit lane shall be subject to removal pursuant to the process established in sections 36-231 through 36-238. (Ord. No. 42359, § 2, 11-10-20)

Source: City of Omaha, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ne/omaha/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIIMUCO_CH36TR_ARTIXBUACTRLAFetched: 10/28/2026