All bus, streetcar, and paratransit operators, and also maintenance personnel, are now employees of RTA. Īs of December 20, 2020, Transdev no longer manages the RTA.
Transdev (then Veolia Transport) was hired in 2008. The company operates public transportation for some 5,000 transit authorities around the world. Transdev was under contract to and reported to the RTA Board of Commissioners. Transdev handled operations and service, safety issues, vehicle maintenance, customer care, route design and scheduling, human resources, administration, ridership growth, capital planning, grant administration, communications, purchasing, and other agency functions. Under contract to the RTA Board of Commissioners, Transdev formerly managed all day-to-day aspects of the transit agency on behalf of the RTA Board. The RTA Board has the overall authority for transit in New Orleans including setting fares, overseeing service and operations, developing operating budgets, approving each year's annual transportation development plan, and deciding upon capital purchases and expansions. The board consists of appointees by the Mayor of New Orleans and of some appointees by the President of Jefferson Parish. The body in charge of making major decisions for the RTA is the Board of Commissioners.
to the river, nor on Riverfront to the French Quarter stop. Loyola/UPT line will no longer operate on Canal St. Claude Avenue streetcar from Elysian Fields to UPT via Rampart St. Service enhancements as of October 2, 2016: And just a few express routes, Morrison Express, Lake Forest Express, Read-Crowder Express and Airport Express, serving both Eastern New Orleans, and New Orleans Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La. Lee Boulevard, and the Chef Menteur Highway. Claude Avenue, Judge Perez Drive, General Meyer Avenue, Lapalco Boulevard, Robert E. The buses that have been restored to operation have returned to several major thoroughfares, including Elysian Fields Avenue, Esplanade Avenue, Claiborne Avenue, St. By early 2009, the red Canal streetcars were repaired and had taken over service on the Canal and Riverfront Lines. Charles streetcar resumed running the entire length of its route. Charles Line streetcars, which had not been damaged, as had the red Canal cars. and the Riverfront, initially using the historic St.
Streetcars were returned to the full length of Canal St. However, there was no 24-hour service on any bus or streetcar line, except for the St. Post-disaster recovery Īs of 2007, service had been restored to certain areas as they became habitable again. The damaged streetcars, which had been built by hand on the property by local workers, were repaired in the same facility with components from Brookville Equipment Co. Charles line were undamaged in the disaster. The historic Perley Thomas-built streetcars of the St. The buses at the flooded facilities were mostly written off.Īll but one of the streetcars built in the 1990s and 2000s were severely damaged in the flooding resulting from the hurricane. facility was one block within the flood but was built above street level. facility, while only 22 were at 3900 Desire Pky. Almost eighty-five percent of the fleet was rendered useless and inoperative 146 city buses were visible outdoors in the flood at the 2817 Canal St. The NORTA Administration building on Plaza Drive appears to have been in 10 feet (3.0 m) of water. Much of the city flooded due to the storm. City buses were used before Hurricane Katrina hit to transport people to a refuge of last resort, of what's now the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.