The Country’s Newest Biking Boomtown Looks to the Next Level
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Bike transportation in New Orleans has doubled in the last few years.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about New Orleans
A Better Bus Stop: Big Ideas From Transit Riders for a Better Wait
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Streetsblog has been calling attention to the dismal state of transit waiting areas with our Sorriest Bus Stop in America tournament. Transit riders have to put up with conditions that no one should stand for — bus stops with nothing to sit on and no shelter, bus stops by dangerous, high-speed roads with no sidewalks, even “secret” bus stops […]
New Orleans Bus Service, Devastated by Katrina, Starts to Rebound
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Bus service in New Orleans never quite recovered from Hurricane Katrina. As of 2015, a full 10 years after the devastating floods, only 35 percent of bus service had been restored, according to the transit advocacy group Ride New Orleans — even though 86 percent of the city’s population had returned. On Sunday, residents of The Big […]
Louisiana Raids Its Maintenance Fund to Pay for Road Expansions
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This year, Louisiana will raid $21.6 million from its road maintenance fund to pay for road projects, including some expansions, that have been on the books since 1989. The state will have to keep stealing from the fund for the next 27 years to pay for them. Voters approved a package of 16 road and bridge […]
DC and New Orleans Closing the Bike Commute Gap With Portland
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Growth in bike commuting has slowed in Portland and Minneapolis, while some less well-known biking cities are making gains. Graph: Bike Portland New Census numbers are out, providing fresh data on how Americans are getting to work, and Michael Andersen at BikePortland has noticed a couple of trends. The mid-size cities best-known for biking haven’t […]
Why Transit Agencies Expand Even When They Struggle to Provide Service
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New Orleans transit is in bad shape, as we reported recently. The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority has never recovered from Hurricane Katrina and service is at about 36 percent of pre-storm levels despite the region’s population rebound. New Orleans’ frequent service lines have been slashed dramatically. Even newly built streetcar lines are running infrequently. […]