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Three streetcar lines are back in service and one is getting new stops, the Regional Transit Authority announced as its ...
more people will be able to ride New Orleans’ streetcars. With the help of federal funds, the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) will make more streetcar stops wheelchair assessable.
The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority has replaced old streetcar bulbs with new LED lights to avoid accidents.RTA spokesman Derrick Breun said the new LED headlights are five times brighter ...
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority makes changes to some busy streetcar routes in preparation for the upcoming Mardi Gras parades and S&WB maintenance. The RTA will suspend ...
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Streetcar services in some parts of New Orleans will be restored Friday morning with more to follow this weekend. The New Orleans RTA announced on Thursday that streetcar ...
The report, released Monday by the transit advocacy group Ride New Orleans, found a 55 percent drop in the number of trips that RTA buses and streetcars make each week compared with 2005 — a ...
NEW ORLEANS - They're part of the fabric of the city, but RTA officials say streetcars are more than just a symbol of New Orleans. Video: Watch the Story "We are seeing a tremendous amount of ...
The new app tracks buses and streetcars in real ... When the RTA unveils its new single pass for travel between Jefferson and Orleans parishes in September, that pass will also be available ...
Bus, streetcar and ferry service in New Orleans will cease operations beginning early Sunday morning ahead of impacts from Tropical Storm Cristobal.The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority made ...
Patrice Mercadel is a spokesperson for Transdev, the private company contracted by the RTA to run its operations. She believes in the streetcar. "We are sitting in New Orleans, Louisiana.
car 930 came to a halt — a car parked near Jax Brewery in the French Quarter was too close to the tracks for the streetcar to pass. So, in typical New Orleans fashion, a policeman, some RTA ...