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Article: Money is main roadblock for expanding New Orleans-area transit
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- New Orleans CityBusiness
- Article date:
- August 25, 2008
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Editor's note: This is the final installment of a three-part
series examining how New Orleans is addressing transportation needs
as part of its infrastructure overhaul.
Transportation and public transit advancements in the New Orleans
metropolitan area will be slow to come by as one major factor --
money -- is lacking.
Fears over fuel price increases and Americans' growing awareness
of the country's dependence on a finite energy resource has many
citizens nationwide examining their gasoline usage. Some have
flocked to public transit, joined carpools, decided to drive less or
made no changes at all.
With very limited public transit options in the New Orleans area,
particularly after Katrina, ...