The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority is preparing to shut down the busy intersection at Canal Street and City Park Avenue for four months while it extends the Canal streetcar line by about a ...

Drivers traveling along South Rampart across Canal Street have just 10 seconds to make it through the stoplight.

The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority will suspend service along a portion of the Canal streetcar route beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday from Bourbon Street to Harrah’s Casino.

New Orleans rebuilt the old Canal St. line and laid track elsewhere, including down Rampart Street and along the riverfront, connecting the French Quarter to parts uptown.

NEW ORLEANS -- They won't be named Desire, but streetcars will once again roll along New Orleans popular Canal Street after a 40-year absence.

The streetcars that traveled up and down St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans for the past 170 years and their shiny new red counterparts on Canal Street will be out of service for months, maybe a ...

Advocate Photo by VERONICA DOMINACH--RTA plans to expand the Canal St. Streetcar line down Canal Blvd. in New Orleans, La. Monday, Feb. 23, 2015.

New Orleans’ new Rampart-St. Claude streetcar line provides distinct opportunities to hop off and drop into some of the city’s best bars during Mardi Gras and all year round.

2001-08-05 04:00:00 PDT New Orleans-- For half a century, "A Streetcar Named Desire" has run through the literary heart of America. The 1947 play by Tennessee Williams, named for an actual ...

NEW ORLEANS — A streetcar and a public agency vehicle crashed into each other on Friday. The accident happened around 4 p.m. near the intersection of St. Charles Avenue and Canal Street.

NEW ORLEANS — One New Orleans hotel is giving some local flair to its gingerbread creation this holiday. The Ritz-Carlton on Canal Street unveiled its gingerbread streetcar this year in honor of ...