Residents Asked to Imagine Their Ideal City Sitting on Bench
ConnectGO, a regional collaboration to reimagine and modernize the Omaha metro area’s multimodal transportation, is moving a bench around the city to encourage survey responses and spark conversation.
The “My Ideal City Is…,” colorful bench is appearing around the community as an interactive place to gather feedback and ideas. Passersby can rest on the bench while sharing their opinions by either completing a new ConnectGO online survey or filling out an opinion card. The survey, available in English and Spanish, seeks to reach a wide range of participants. It includes questions about specific aspects of transportation and potential enhancements to different transportation modes, including walking, bicycling, using transit and driving.
ConnectGO’s working groups identified short- and long-term transportation solutions as part of an emerging regional transportation strategy, which will provide a roadmap to future transportation decisions to be released in 2021.
“We’re at a pivotal moment for our region when it comes to transportation. We need to do everything we can to solidify greater Omaha’s long-term economic strength by ensuring our transportation system is meeting the needs of everyone,” Stephen Osberg, director of transportation development at the Greater Omaha Chamber, who oversees the ConnectGO initiative/partnership, said in a news release. “There’s no better to way to learn people’s needs than by asking. We’ve made a lot of progress in developing a new regional transportation strategy, and we’re excited to learn what people think of the ideas that are emerging.”
To complete the survey, visit survey.connectGO.org or text “connect” to 512-580-8850.
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