Regional Transit Authority of Orleans and Jefferson
6700 Plaza Drive
New Orleans, LA 70127-2677

504-248-3830

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.

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)