Omaha’s growing a paid parking empire. It’s costing the city almost as much as the streetcar.

Omaha’s growing a paid parking empire. It’s costing the city almost as much as the streetcar.

By next year, the city will own more than 14,000 parking spots across 24 garages and lots.

Omaha’s growing a paid parking empire. It’s costing the city almost as much as the streetcar

At the foot of Mutual of Omaha’s nearly complete downtown headquarters, a sparkling 15-floor parking garage awaits the company’s move-in day.  A block west, another garage goes up next to a new apartment complex. Across Douglas Street, a decades-old garage completes the triangle of parking.  All of it, 3,386 spots when completed, belongs to a […]