N.O. 8th in U.S. for biking, walking to work
New Orleans ranks eighth among the nation’s largest cities for the percentage of residents who walk and bike to work, according to the Census Bureau. New Orleanians walk to work at more than twice the...
View ArticleN.O. businesses fret over parking meter changes
As the city of New Orleans moves forward with plans to implement a citywide parking meter hour extension and meter fare increase, businesses are worried about the hit they will take if tighter parking...
View ArticleNagin’s ‘willy-nilly’ legacy seen on city streets
The silly, willy-nilly days are almost history. While it might be fun to characterize the legacy of Mayor Ray Nagin as silly, ill defined or yes, willy-nilly, it’s also quite sad. When history writes...
View ArticleN.O. to hold first abandoned vehicles auction of 2010
The New Orleans Department of Public Works will hold its first abandoned vehicle auction of the year Thursday. It will begin at 9 a.m. at Almonaster Auto Pound, 10200 Almonaster Ave. More than 185...
View ArticleAll work, slow pay
The city of New Orleans has always been “a late payer,” said Louisiana Associated General Contractors CEO Ken Naquin. But small contractors that depend on the city’s prompt payments say the Nagin...
View ArticlePassing up infrastructure dollars not an option
No one says building and maintaining roads and rails at adequate levels is easy. But, it is public money and the public should have a say in how, where and when the construction takes place.
View ArticleMayor names former Corps deputy commander new public works chief
The man who oversaw the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ rebuilding of the region’s hurricane protection system will now be asked to oversee roads, street lights, catch basins and other infrastructure...
View ArticleMerchants, property managers say one-way on lower Magazine creates business...
Ambitious new business owners opening in the 1800 and 1900 blocks of Magazine Street hear words of warning from Mack Groves, who owns five buildings in the area. "The walk-in trade is not there," he said.
View ArticleOpinion: City needs street spending strategy
When it comes to repairing New Orleans’ deteriorating streets, drivers and residents should remember an acronym: TGFF. Thank God for FEMA. Based on their post-Katrina experience, the Federal Emergency...
View ArticleNew street drainage strategy to be tested in Lower 9th Ward
Four Lower 9th Ward streets have been selected for a pilot program that could provide innovative solutions to drainage problems. The area that will be involved in the experiment is a two-block portion...
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