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There's no better relationship than the one between New Orleans and its streetcar line.Some cities have subways, while others have trolleys. But down here in The Big Easy we've got streetcars ...
New Orleans streetcar system could see major expansion, ... Still, Augustine stressed that the map he sketched for board members on Tuesday could change dramatically based on community input, ...
New Orleans' public transit system should redraw its bus map, ... Passengers ride the Canal St. streetcar in New Orleans Tuesday, May 20, 2013.
New Orleans’ new Rampart-St. Claude streetcar line provides distinct opportunities to hop off and drop into some of the city’s best bars during Mardi Gras and all year round.
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 ...
A New Orleans bus driver tips his hat to the streetcar he replaced in 1948. Only a fraction of the city’s historic streetcar network survived, but in recent years the city opened two new lines ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...