Live blog: RTA approves new fares for Algiers, Chalmette ferries
In response to public input, there will be packages that include bus and streetcar access.
Tag: River ferries
Live blog: RTA board holds public hearing on new ferry fares
Pedestrians would pay $2 to cross the river on the Algiers Point-Canal Street ferry. It's free now.
Live blog: RTA may hear proposal on ferry operations at Thursday’s meeting
The Advocate reports that RTA could charge $2 per passenger to ride the Algiers ferry.
Years of political inaction preceded latest cutbacks in Algiers ferry service
It was no secret to politicians: No one had a long-term plan to keep the New Orleans area ferries operating if they lost their main source of revenue from the Crescent City Connection tolls. But few leaders made an efforts to address the problem, and those who tried were rebuffed. Looking back, very few overarching planning documents even mentioned the ferries. So the cutbacks are of little surprise.
Update: Algiers ferry service to continue past July 1, but not for cars
The primary vessel only will carry passengers because it costs less to operate than the car ferry.
Jindal signs bill that puts fate of Canal Street ferry service in RTA’s hands
Service likely to be cut to a mere 20 hours a week without major infusion of cash.
Could the Algiers-Canal ferry become New Orleans’ newest party boat?
About $440 raised so far; $2,999,500 million to go.
