transportation

The fleet has dwindled over the past few years, but leaders say change is on the horizon.

The City of New Orleans has launched a pilot program with Uber and Lyft to ease bumper-to-bumper traffic along a busy stretch of Frenchmen Street.

A fleet of new buses has rolled onto the streets of New Orleans over the past few months, marking a step forward in the Regional Transit Authority’s push to modernize its aging fleet and reduce widespread route delays.

The city wants to reverse the trend of rising roadway deaths, but some critics say it could be doing more to prevent it.

The former secretary for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced his run on Monday.

Lona Edwards Hankins was selected for the agency's top job, after serving as interim CEO since December. But some transit leaders said the agency's hiring process lacked transparency.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development will receive $500,000 for Claiborne from the Reconnecting Communities program, a new federal initiative that aims to bridge disadvantaged neighborhoods cut off by past infrastructure decisions. But that's far less than what the state has envisioned for the project.

Regional Transit Authority CEO Alex Wiggins said he will step down at the end of the year to spend more time with family.

New Orleans City Council approved a nearly $1.5 billion city budget for 2023 on Dec. 1. We took a look at the housing and transportation priorities for the new year.

The death in New Orleans East comes amid a spike in fatalities for all road users in the city, in line with a national trend.