RTAnswers May Blog
You gave us your questions and we have answers from the RTA! If you would like to ask the RTA a question feel free to email Autumn at autumn@rideneworleans.org and …
Bad for transit, bad for affordable housing
Please consider signing the Ride New Orleans/HousingNOLA petition The New Orleans City Planning Commission (CPC) is considering a policy that would mean more pavement, less affordable housing, and worse transit …
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Tell the Convention Center enough is enough
Recently, the Convention Center sued the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) to try to force the agency to turn over part of the sales tax revenue collected on hotel/motel …
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Month in Review – June
Summer is here! And with it comes our June month-in-review. Read on below to catch up on all things happening in the world of New Orleans regional transit: Better late …
World-class and equitable public transit – our new reality?
The New Links regional transit network redesign final proposal is here! More than two years after this community-driven process to rethink and jump-start the region’s transit system began, there …
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The New Links proposal is here!
The two-year long New Links process has been all about redesigning the regional transit network to make transit more reliable, more frequent, and get riders to more places around the …
New Links and RIDE during COVID-19
The COVID-19 emergency is very real, scary, and dangerous for our community. RIDE is committed to keeping you informed of what’s happening to transit during this emergency and advocating to …
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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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 …