Public Transportation Contact Info
Regional Transit Authority of Orleans and Jefferson
6700 Plaza Drive
New Orleans, LA 70127-2677
504-248-3830
Public Transportation Coverage - Bus Transport
The following map illustrates those areas of New Orleans that have easy access to public transportation.
Easy access is defined as no more than a one-half mile walk from a bus route. Bus stop information is ignored.
In cases of overlapping transit authorities, the transit system in review is shown in light purple and all other transit systems are shown in yellow.
Source: Federal Transit Administration and Synergos Technologies, Inc.
Selected Public Transportation Stats
The following tables and charts give a financial and operations overview of the public transportation network in New Orleans.
Source: Federal Transit Administration - National Transit Database (1996-1998) and Synergos Technologies, Inc.
System Wide Information
General Information Service Area Statistics Square Miles Population Service Consumption Annual Passenger Miles Annual Unlinked Trips Average Weekday Unlinked Trips Average Saturday Unlinked Trips Average Sunday Unlinked Trips Service Supplied Annual Vehicle Revenue Miles Annual Vehicle Revenue Hours Veh. Available for Max. Service Veh. Operated in Max. Service Base Period Requirement Financial Information Fare Revenues Earned Directly Operated Purchased Transportation Total Fare Revenues Earned Sources of Operating Funds Expended Passenger Fares Local Funds State Funds Federal Assistance Other Funds Total Operating Funds Expended Summary of Operating Expenses Salaries, Wages and Benefits Materials and Supplies Purchased Transportation * Other Operating Expenses Total Operating Expenses Reconciling Cash Expenditures Sources of Capital Funds Local Funds State Funds Federal Assistance Total Sources Uses of Capital Funds Rolling Stock Facilites and Other Total Uses | 1997 75 480,260 155,995,398 56,992,675 179,641 121,696 84,070 14,473,297 1,115,472 467 413 182 32,472,195 127,495 32,599,690 32,599,690 43,782,213 2,946,219 2,710,863 4,912,744 86,951,729 59,758,331 6,178,237 2,047,763 14,896,036 82,880,367 4,071,362 4,231,884 0 31,118,075 35,349,959 18,155,909 17,194,050 35,349,959 | 1998 75 480,260 184,761,326 62,553,369 198,635 129,533 91,131 14,795,370 1,141,113 475 403 171 33,742,488 130,327 33,872,815 33,872,815 47,669,136 2,579,022 4,516,526 2,559,712 91,197,211 63,453,440 5,293,831 1,943,514 20,842,976 91,533,761 5,932,580 425,233 0 11,748,532 12,173,765 4,130,136 8,043,629 12,173,765 | Change Over Prior Yr 0 0 28,765,928 5,560,694 18,994 7,837 7,061 322,073 25,641 8 (10) (11) 1,270,293 2,832 1,273,125 1,273,125 3,886,923 (367,197) 1,805,663 (2,353,032) 4,245,482 3,695,109 (884,406) (104,249) 5,946,940 8,653,394 1,861,218 (3,806,651) 0 (19,369,543) (23,176,194) (14,025,773) (9,150,421) (23,176,194) |    |
Mode of Transportation Breakout Information
Bus | Light Rail | Demand Response | |
| Operating Expense Capital Funding Rolling Stock Facilites and Other Annual Passenger Miles Annual Vehicle Revenue Miles Annual Vehicle Revenue Hours Annual Unlinked Trips Average Weekday Unlinked Trips Fixed Guideway Directional Route Miles Vehicles Available for Maximum Service Vehicles Operated in Maximum Service Directly Operated Purchased Transportation Average Fleet Age in Years Peak to Base Ratio Percent Spares Safety Incidents Injuries Fatalities Performance Measures Service Efficiency Operating Expense per Vehicle Revenue Mile Operating Expense per Vehicle Revenue Hour Cost Effectiveness Operating Expense per Passenger Mile Operating Expense per Unlinked Passenger Trip Service Effectiveness Unlinked Passenger Trips per Vehicle Revenue Mile Unlinked Passenger Trips per Vehicle Revenue Hour | $76,265,530 12,173,765 4,130,136 8,043,629 167,257,193 12,408,345 913,156 55,855,580 178,826 11.4 375 333 333 0 2.8 2.2 13% 35 75 0 6.15 83.52 0.46 1.37 4.50 61.17 | $7,616,924 0 0 0 15,568,693 722,103 83,505 6,422,547 18,859 16.0 36 22 22 0 60.6 1.0 64% 4 19 0 10.55 91.22 0.49 1.19 8.89 76.91 | $7,651,307 0 0 0 1,935,440 1,664,922 144,452 275,242 950 .0 64 48 24 24 2.8 .0 33% 0 0 0 4.60 52.97 3.95 27.80 0.17 1.91 |