Big Easy Makes Travel From Train/Bus Station Easier

New Orleans is running a streetcar line (i.e. light-rail) from its inter-modal train and bus terminal, the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, to the Central Business District and Canal Street, via Loyola Ave. The big groundbreaking came this past week, featuring wonderfully inarticulate comments ("streetcars are coming back") by U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. Nevertheless, linking the city's ground-transportation hub with its CBD and other tourist destinations, such as the French Quarter and the Garden District, appears to be a priority, and is a highly traversatile decision, IMHO, that encourages fewer taxi rides, more density along transit routes--and perhaps will lead to more bike lanes. No word on whether you can take your bike on these puppies...


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