Airport Service
Bus: E-Z Airport Bus (operated by Jefferson Transit)$1.60 will get you from the airport to Tulane Avenue near Elks Place, a few blocks from the Superdome and Canal Street.
Operating hours 6am-10pm Mon-Fri, 6:30am-10pm Sat, 7:30am-10pm Sun.
Airport Shuttle: $15 each way, departing every 10 minutes from the airport, 504-522-3500.
Taxi: $33 flat rate for one or two people. For additional passengers, an extra $14 per person is charged, up to a total of five passengers.
City Service
VisiTour: VisiTour passes are one of N.O.’s great bargains. $5 for 1 day, $12 for 3 days, or $20 for 5 days buys unlimited rides on our historic streetcars and all buses in Orleans Parish.
Otherwise, bus rides cost $1.25. Notable bus lines include Magazine Street, with its antiques, boutiques, galleries, and cafés.
The Esplanade Line is a quick trip from the French Quarter to the Fair Grounds Race Course, City Park, and Bayou St. John. The Canal Street Line (bus or streetcar) runs by some monumental cemeteries. |
| The Big Easy? The efficient, simple, and colorful public transportation is one of our favorite no-brainers. |
St. Charles Streetcar: Have you ever ridden in a national historic landmark? Shell out just $1.25, board a streetcar, and you, too, can answer “yes” to that question.
Streetcars have been rumbling along St. Charles Avenue for over 165 years. The current route runs over 13 miles downtown from Canal Street along St. Charles, past Greek Revival mansions and raised cottages, Tulane University and Audubon Park, and beyond the shops at the Riverbend, where it takes a right-hand turn onto Carrollton Avenue.
The St. Charles Streetcar made its inaugural run as the Carrollton Railroad, which shuttled passengers between the French Quarter and the resort town of Carrollton.
Thousands of residents commute to work on the olive-green electric cars.
Riverfront Streetcar: For $1.50, you can ride the traditional green or newer red streetcars. The two-mile route includes stops at all the right places: the Convention Center at Julia Street, Riverwalk, the Aquarium of the Americas, the French Market, and the Old Mint on Esplanade.
Canal/Carrollton Streetcar: The "newest" re-established streetcar line in New Orleans runs the length of Canal Street. this is the original "Cemeteries" line, which runs from the Mississippi River to the cemeteries located at the mid-city end of Canal Street. Along the line there is a Carrollton Spur, which will take you to beautiful City Park, home of the New Orleans Museum of Art and the New Orleans Botanical Gardens. This stop is also within easy walking distance to the Fairgrounds Race Course, where the world-famous New Orleans Jazz Festival takes place every April-May. |
Parking Tips
Read signs and meters before you park. Note: downtown meters are usually short-term, 12 minutes for a quarter, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays. No parking is permitted in rush-hour zones, 7 to 9 a.m., 4 to 6 p.m. There is no parking at meters covered by bags.
Handy Numbers
Questions about parking:
504-658-8200
Administrative Hearing Ctr.:
504-628-8250
Parking Enforcement:
504-658-8200
Tow away zones include rush hour routes (see above); driveways; yellow fire lane rectangles; within 20 feet of corners and crosswalks; within 15 feet of fire hydrants; and in streetcleaning, loading, and service zones. There is no parking on sidewalks or medians.
Think you’ve been towed? Call the Claiborne Auto Pound, 504-565-7450, at 400 N. Claiborne Avenue.
Written by New Orleans native Lisl M. Spangenberg, for the NOMCVB Public Affairs Department. 2002.
Updated October 2008. |
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