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New Orleans Weighs Regional Transit Plan A new proposal would improve wait times for area buses and bring more households within walking distance to transit stops. February 26, 2021, 6am PST | Diana Ionescu | The board of the Regional Transit Authority (RTA), the agency that operates public transit in New Orleans and surrounding areas, is considering a significant revamp to the region s public transportation network to shorten wait times and provide more effective service for commuters. The New Links proposal, writes Jessica Williams for Nola.com, hopes to strengthen interparish connections and get more riders to jobs in the region within 20 minutes. Developed by the New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, the plan recommends shifts to more than 40 bus and streetcar routes in the two parishes to resolve slow arrivals, shorten headways to 15 or 20 minutes, and bring more households within half a mile of a transit stop. It also proposes a new transit h ....
How can the East come back? Residents remember what New Orleans East was, discuss what it could be again Taking turns at the microphone, residents and business owners remembered what the East once was, and issued a call to action to bring it back. Author: Devin Bartolotta / Eyewitness News (WWL) Published: 11:10 PM CST January 28, 2021 Updated: 11:10 PM CST January 28, 2021 NEW ORLEANS Thursday night, the Voices of New Orleans East had the microphone, and the ears of decision-makers. Dozens attended a socially-distanced forum at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church regarding the future of New Orleans East. Taking turns at the microphone, residents and business owners remembered what the East once was, and issued a call to action to bring it back. ....