public transportation

Amtrak’s new route, the Mardi Gras Service, is launching in New Orleans this summer, bringing train travel back to the scenic Gulf Coast for the first time in nearly 20 years.

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

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 Capital Area Transit System (CATS) Board of Commissioners has voted to roll forward millage rates for the City of Baker and East Baton Rouge Parish. The ad valorem tax, which accounts for rising property values, is expected to increase tax revenue to $25 million for the city-parish bus system, up from $23.5 million with the current rates.

Amtrak is making its final pitch for a Gulf Coast passenger train line. The private companies that own the tracks the trains would run on, however, oppose the deal.

Social distancing is hard on a bus. The RTA has cut back services and instituted new rules to protect riders and drivers but still, as of Monday, 67...

Dr. Jessica Kemp is Vice President for Policy and Advocacy at the Center for Planning Excellence. She authored CPEX's report on "disconnected workers,"…

Baton Rouge's bus system is expecting revenues to fall millions short of projections. That means it may not be able to fulfill all the promises for more…

Baton Rouge's bus system is in crisis. The future of the Capital Area Transit system, or "CATS," will be determined in a special tax election on Saturday.…