Drivers traveling along South Rampart across Canal Street have just 10 seconds to make it through the stoplight.

New Orleans' streetcars have been running for 200 years. Now, locals and tourists ride the red and green cars to get around and take in the beauty of the city.

Both the city of New Orleans and its streetcars are famously elegant and unhurried. The St. Charles line clanks along at a modest 20 miles per hour, and if bad traffic or a large number of riders ...

The St. Charles cars first rolled in 1835. The fare was 25 cents, Louis C. Hennick and E Harper Charlton wrote in “The Streetcars of New Orleans.” (That fare translates to $7.58 in today’s ...

Adventure awaits around every corner in the Big Easy. Christopher Larson/Travel + Leisure With it storied history, traditions, culture, and energy, New Orleans is wildly exciting U.S. destination ...

He said that, according to a local streetcar historian, the Army had surplus olive drab paint available for sale after World War I, so NOPSI used that color, and added: “That shade of green was ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Learning their lines. Rehearsing their roles. New Orleans’ most famous streetcar is back on track. At the Marigny Opera House, it’s “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Of ...

NEW ORLEANS — In the next few years, 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 ...

The St. Charles cars first rolled in 1835. The fare was 25 cents, Louis C. Hennick and E Harper Charlton wrote in “The Streetcars of New Orleans.” (That fare translates to $7.58 in today’s ...