SAFE TRAILS INITIATIVE�

• Welcome
• UNO CEC #209
• March 13, 2025, 6-7pm

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SAFE TRAILS INITIATIVE�AGENDA MEETING #2

• Welcome 6-6:10p
• Introductions (Name/modality/group)
• Staying on Task
• History Update 6:10-6:15
• Lt Mike Davis, OPD Bike Patrol 6:15-6:45p
• Current Safety Issues 6:45-
• Action Plan: Next meeting someone from Parks (Planning or Maint)
• Adjourn 7:00pm

UNSAFE CONDITIONS

Shopping carts People hanging out Motorbikes

Debris Broken Glass More motorbikes

Ear buds Speed/unannounced Groups of people

Weeds Broken concrete No connection/sidewalk/pathway

NO LOITERING ON TRAIL-2022

OPD Bike Patrol: restarted 2024

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HISTORY

• The first three miles of the Keystone Trail in Omaha, Nebraska opened in 1990. The trail was developed as part of the city's effort to expand its network of recreational trails. 
• Papio Trail system – Keystone, Big Papio, West Papio, Bellevue Loop, Lake Trails i.e. Standing Bear, Zorinsky, Flanagan = 125+ miles of multi-use trails. *Keystone from Hayworth Park, Bellevue Loop to Lake C
• “Multi-use trail system” includes transportation, running, walking, bicycling, recreation, dog-walking etc. “Use at your own risk” 2024

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Vanessa Urbach (GOATZ)

Former OPD Community Laison

Has worked on signage for safety with OPD and Omaha Parks.

FROM OMAHA PARKS DIRECTOR MATT KALCEVICH (2025)

•  ”This is a project of need, and we will focus on it when we have funding and resources available. We want to do it right. It will be a quality upgrade to the function and safety of trails.
• The Master Plan is in full motion and should lead us to decisions in the near future about things like signage throughout our system.�
• We will wait until then to take any action. This will allow us to be detailed and thoughtful with our entire approach and not just do something now that may need to be changed later.”

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STREET SIGNS NOT VISIBLE

NO UNDERPASS SIGN

• How safety hazards are handled
• Proactive
• Reactive

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TYPES OF IDENTIFICATION OF LOCATION�

DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE?

DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE?

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The West Papio Trail from

Flanagan Lake to Twin Creek

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• For this trail, all underpasses will be noted as North and South even though some of the direction is NW/SE (Jeff Q)

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The Keystone Trail

Harrison St. to State St. (Cindy)

WHERE WE ARE NOW?

• Ideas & Input

�(latest from PRPP) 2/7/25 “We have not assigned anyone to this project but we will inform the biking community {and other trail users} when the plans come together.”�

Write emails to Omaha Parks Committee, Omaha City Council…..Harding, Begley, Rowe.

• Signs identifying underpasses
• Better Connectivity
• Trail Maintenance
• Trail use counts
• Wayfinding signs

NEXT STEPS��2025

5. Recreation