The 12-month pilot will allow current RTA paratransit clients living in East New Orleans to book on-demand services within Orleans Parish.
The goal of the pilot is to help younger people learn transit with close to 75% of the school’s students participating.
The cloud-based portal will be utilized to process Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) application certifications.
The agreement between ATU and RTA covers 518 represented employees, including bus, streetcar, and paratransit operators, dispatchers, reservationists, clerks, transit tellers, transit information operators, router editors, and training instructors.
The survey is a step in the decision-making process, advancing the design, and additional federal funding for the BRT project.
The 21 new paratransit vehicles were funded by a competitive $13M grant award through the FTA’s 2020 Bus and Bus Facilities program.
The new fare structure aims to simply the fare offerings, incentivize pass sales for riders who use multiple transit modes for their daily commutes, and offer financial relief to RTA passengers as the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The RTA will initially hire bus mechanic and body repair technician trainees, both at $23.67 per hour, up to 40 hours per week for a six-month trial period.
The APTA Bus and Rail Safety & Security Excellence Awards recognize public transit providers for their innovative and proactive safety and security programs.
Hear how the RTA is focused on on-time performance, improved customer service, and equity…not to mention plans for a network redesign, and service and vehicle upgrades in the city that is home to the world’s oldest continuously operating streetcar line.
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