COVID-19 RTA service reductions
Starting Sunday, March 29, a number of the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority’s (RTA) low ridership routes will be temporarily eliminated and the remaining routes will operate on a Saturday …
New Links concepts – let us know what you think!
You can review the three New Links concepts at newlinksnola.com. Please be sure to fill out the survey to tell planners what you think before the end of March! Keep …
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Next steps for New Links
The next phase of the New Links regional transit network redesign process will start next month! New Links could make real changes to where bus lines go and how often …
Ferry update: Where we’re at
It’s been a frustrating fall for New Orleans residents who rely on the Algiers Point/Canal Street ferry. As of today, the ferry has been out of service for almost 60 …
Riders need better airport transit!
The New Orleans airport may be shiny and brand new, but transit riders don’t have much to celebrate. As you can see from the picture above, the designated stop for …
2019 Hotel Worker Transit Survey released
Ride New Orleans released the results of our 2019 Hotel Worker Transportation survey today. Over 500 hotel workers from 32 different hotels in the French Quarter and New Orleans CBD …
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2019 State of Transit report release!
Thank you to Mayor LaToya Cantrell, Councilmember Kristin Palmer, RTA Chair Flozell Daniels, Jr., RTA CEO Alex Wiggins, JEDCO President and CEO Jerry Bologna, and the hundred-plus transit supporters and …
Transit network redesign July neighborhood meetings
RTA and JeT bus lines could be very different but much improved by this time next year. New Links is the year-long study and public discussion that will finish with a proposal …
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Big changes could be coming to your bus line
Changes could be for the better – but riders need to be involved! New Links is the year-long process that is intended to make RTA and Jefferson Transit bus lines …
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Speed up the Canal Street streetcars
Ride New Orleans is excited by a new RTA proposal to consider a six-month pilot program to test several ways to speed up the Canal Street streetcars. Read on below …