New Orleanians who need a ride to get vaccinated can now get one for free from the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) as long as they can get to a pickup
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 hub on the vacan
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Cultivating a Culture of Transit
How Detroit, historical home of the U.S. automotive industry, can create a culture of transit and the equitable transportation system its residents need. February 23, 2021, 7am PST | David Gifford |
When you hear the name Detroit, what words come to mind? Motown is a common one. It references the Soul Music made here but also the auto industry that put Detroit on the map. A word you might not find synonymous with Detroit is “transit,” at least not in a good way.
Because Detroit is so well known for its automotive industry, most people don’t know that the Motor City has had continuous public transit since 1863. Nearly 100 years ago, Detroiters traveled around on the nation’s largest municipally-owned network of electric streetcars and a system of far reaching interurban trains. But personal automotive use started to rise as Ford’s Highland Park Plant and other automakers started cranking out millions of vehicles a year. City-owned
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