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NORTA Cemeteries Terminal – Construction Update
NORTA Cemeteries Terminal (cross posted to NOLA History Guy) NORTA Cemeteries Terminal is almost finished The terminal at the foot of Canal Street, NORTA Cemeteries Terminal, is nearing completion. Construction began back in August, and it all appears to be coming...
Train Thursday
Train Thursday is cross-posted to NOLA History Guy Train Thursday This week's Train Thursday image is from 1981. Alan Boyd, President of Amtrak, Lieutenant Governor James Fitzmorris, and Mayor Ernest Morial preside over the return/re-dedication of the City of New...
Disability access to New Orleans streetcars (@JarvisDeBerry article)
Jarvis DeBerry did a good follow-on column to Da Paper's recent story about access advocates suing NORTA over the awful state of the city's bus stops. With 95% of those stops being inaccessible to wheelchairs, it's time NORTA got a smackdown. While I agree with Jarvis...
@NOLAHistoryGuy Podcast – “A Streetcar Named Desire”
The latest edition of NOLA History Guy is up. It's a discussion of the Desire streetcar line. Check it out!
Disability Advocates take aim at NORTA
Disability Advocates take aim at NORTA Memo to NORTA: don't mess with transit access advocates Attorney Andrew Bizer filed a lawsuit against the City of New Orleans and the RTA alleging that approximately 95% of their bus stops are not ADA compliant. Bizar and Francis...
CanalStreetcar (dot com) Reboot…
This site's been neglected way too long, in favor of NOLA History Guy. Time to get things moving here again. This photo is a great shot of Canal Street after the 1957 "beautification" project. The four-track main was reduced to two tracks, since there were no...
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