{"id":"omaha-metro-half-fare-and-fare-capping","name":"Omaha Metro Half Fare and Fare Capping","provider":"Metro Transit Omaha","entitlement_type":"government-benefit","entitlement_type_label":"Government benefit","entitlement_type_context":{"definition":"A government-funded or administered benefit, service, coverage program, assistance program, or public access route.","domain":"public-benefits","archetype":"direct-program","agent_instruction":"Identify the administering jurisdiction and disclose income, household, age, disability, immigration, residence, renewal, fee, and capacity rules that apply."},"summary":"Eligible Omaha Metro riders receive half fares, and Umo automatically caps qualifying monthly fixed-route spending.","benefit":{"description":"Half-price fixed-route rides and a lower monthly fare cap for qualifying seniors, Medicare cardholders, and riders with disabilities.","estimated_value_usd":null},"discovery":{"focus":"public-service","has_estimated_dollar_value":false},"access":{"relationships":["Eligible senior rider","Medicare cardholder","Eligible rider with a disability"],"requirements":"Meet a current half-fare category, obtain or use the required reduced-fare identification and Umo account or card, and follow fare-payment, proof, route, transfer, and service rules; microtransit and MOBY have separate terms.","activation":"Apply through Metro for half-fare status, load value to the approved Umo card or app, and use the same account for qualifying rides so fare capping can apply.","cost_basis":"varies","cost_basis_label":"Variable by provider or eligibility","cost_basis_context":{"classification":"variable","definition":"The user's out-of-pocket cost cannot be represented by one fixed amount because it depends on provider policy, income, household, geography, selected service, coverage group, subsidy amount, or the underlying program. It may be free, reduced, sliding-scale, or partly paid.","agent_instruction":"Read and disclose the record's fees and requirements; use the most precise bounded price or variation reason available instead of repeating only that cost varies.","variation_patterns":["bounded price range","provider-set price","income-based sliding scale","coverage or service-dependent cost sharing","partial subsidy","directory of programs with different terms"],"does_not_mean":["universally free","cost information was necessarily omitted"]},"fees":"Enrollment may require identification; riders pay reduced fares until the cap, while microtransit, paratransit, lost cards, and excluded services may cost extra.","personalized":false,"regions":["US","Omaha and Douglas County, Nebraska"],"expires":null},"status":"verified","last_checked":"2026-08-04","claim_url":"https://www.ometro.com/umo/umo-faqs/","source_url":"https://www.ometro.com/umo/umo-faqs/","source":{"primary_url":"https://www.ometro.com/umo/umo-faqs/","evidence":[{"source":"Metro Transit Omaha","url":"https://www.ometro.com/umo/umo-faqs/","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"}]},"parent":null,"coverage":{"level":"local","family":"reduced-fare-transit","jurisdiction":"Omaha and Douglas County, Nebraska","maturity":"direct"},"web_url":"/benefits/omaha-metro-half-fare-and-fare-capping","taxonomy":{"version":"1.0","url":"/api/v1/taxonomy"}}