New Orleans hits brakes on faster streetcar routes; longer walks to stops drove outrage

BY JEFF ADELSON, The New Orleans Advocate; March 26, 2019

The Regional Transit Authority is pumping the brakes on a test run to speed up the Canal Street streetcar line by reducing stops and shutting down vehicle crossings along its route.

The agency announced last month that it would be moving forward with a pilot program intended to cut an average of 12 minutes off the more than half-hour it takes the streetcar to travel up or down Canal Street between Carrollton Avenue and the river.

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