If You Ride Public Transit Like I Do, Read This
A summary of the citywide transit changes set to begin April 2.
-The 42-Canal bus will continue in service
-The Canal streetcar line will be extended to run its full pre-Katrina route, along Canal St. to the cemeteries, and along North Carrollton to NOMA.
-Early morning service will be provided on many of the more popular lines. Most lines will begin service 30 to 60 minutes earlier on weekdays.
-A few of the most heavily used lines will run until 11 p.m.
-The 32- Leonidas and 60- Hayne buses will run Monday through Friday
-The 64-Lake Forest Express bus will resume operation, covering most of its pre-Katrina route from the CBD as far east as Read Boulevard. The line will run Monday through Friday during daylight hours.
-The 84-Galvez bus will run seven days a week until 7 p.m.
-The 94-Broad line will receive a route extension in New Orleans East.
-With the closing of the Algiers Park and Ride lot at General de Gaulle and Wall Boulevards, allowing the facility to be used as a FEMA trailer community, the two lines serving the lot, 103- Pace Boulevard and 106-Aurora Express, will be discontinued. The 102-General Meyer, 108-Algiers Local, and 114-115 General de Gaulle lines will be available to provide service nearby.
-The 108-Algiers Local bus will run Monday through Saturday
-Paratransit hours will be adjusted to match those of the fixed-route system.
RTA’s New Orleans service will remain fare-free at least through June 30.”
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This has gotten very little press so far – someone should run with it. FEMA is closing all of the New Orleans camps/tent cities that volunteers are staying in, as of April 10. These tents have been housing the volunteers gutting houses from organizations ranging from ACORN to Habitat for Humanity. the only stories on this so far on the net have been:
Christian Broadcasting Network:
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/usnews/060327a.asp and
Talking Points Memo Cafe
http://www.tpmcafe.com/node/28224.
This is ridiculous — the very least that the federal government should do is house and feed volunteers coming to help.
I agree, but then again we cannot even get FEMA or the feds to do their job when it comes to our own citizens. As I sit here, one of the recklessly abandoned, and think of all of my friends who have no lights or may family members who have no homes I cannot say I am surprised.
Help is always appreciated, and without the help of the american people we would be (god forbid!) in even worse straights. For some of us it meant the difference between surviving and not. FEMA and the governmental agencies have done nothing but sodomize us right from day 1. And as I say that I beg to remind you that it was human error that caused this disaster. The fall of the levees, not Katrina itself it what has decimated my city.