Omaha Streetcar Vehicles of Tomorrow... Today!
August 12th, 2025
Lunch will be served at 11:45am
Presentation will begin at noon
This meeting will be In-Person with a Virtual Option
This meeting will be held at the Scott Conference Center (6450 Pine Street in Aksarben). Free Parking in Lot 9 across street (Figure included below). Please submit any unique diet requests a week in advance.
A virtual Teams Option will also be available. Virtual meeting log-in information will be sent out the Monday prior to the club meeting.
Presentation Details:
In March 2024, the Omaha Streetcar Authority (OSA) Board of Directors approved an order for six new streetcar vehicles from Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (known as CAF). The total contract is for $41.1 million ($6.85 million per streetcar, plus the spare parts for regular maintenance). This presentation will cover the details of the streetcars that Omaha is getting, which are the latest in international “tramway” design. Specific new technology details include new next-stop displays, enhanced safety, system upgrades, an Advanced Driver Assist System (ADAS), and Computer-Aided Dispatch and Automated Vehicle Location (CAD-AVL).
The presentation will cover how the streetcars will look and feel to riders as they move about the different stops and how they will be maintained at the new facility on the Riverfront. It will also cover a brief history of past streetcar vehicles in Omaha, rail transit vehicles built locally (near Omaha) and some information on other streetcars and CAF vehicles in the United States.
Presenters:
Our presenters are Eric Miller, AICP, Streetcar Operations Manager for the City of Omaha, and Ben Titus, PE, PMP, Transit Engineer with Jacobs (vehicle consultant on the streetcar project).
Eric Miller has been in the transit industry since 2004 and has held numerous positions with private consulting firms and at the Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD), primarily with transit operations planning projects. While at Denver, Eric helped plan and implement the operations for nine new rail lines or extensions over 14 years and has worked for many other transit agency clients as a consultant including New York City, Salt Lake City, Dallas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
Ben Titus has been a transit vehicle consultant since 2007 for various companies (Eric and Ben worked for the same consultant company in 2018-2021) with experience guiding many transit agencies through new train procurements from concept development, through design review, and testing and commissioning. He is professional mechanical engineer and project management professional.
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