Tag Archives: Bourbon Street

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Dear CM Moreno: Change Canal Street and prioritize pedestrians

As the likely incoming Mayor I ask of you:

With the news of the horrific car fatalities on Bourbon Street on NYE, it’s ONCE AGAIN time for us to rework the river end of Canal. The issues of terrorism are far more than I am equipped to assist on, but I do know the Quarter as well as anyone who has grown up, worked, and roamed it. I’ve written about it many times. These are just the most appropriate of those ideas for this latest vehicle as a murder weapon.

Here I go again.

Severely limit car traffic from the river to Rampart on Canal after dusk daily.

Reduce non-resident car parking in French Quarter.

invest in a permanent, state of the art bollard system.

don’t use this act to over police the unhoused, workers, or people of color.

Incentivize streetcar and taxi use by offering better and more stands or safe spaces to call for one.

More incentivized bike rentals (Blue Bikes), more bike cabs, safer bike parking.

Update taxi rules to match the Uber style wild west of ride hires. Allow taxis to pick up hailers.

Incentivize more buses along Rampart and Burgundy moving downtown through neighborhoods.

We need to incentivize the rework of the under-used, upper floors on Canal Street to be rent controlled for service industry/musician residents to balance the massive numbers of tourists and allow people to live near by.

Ramp up enforcement of building owners cleaning in front and keeping flow clear.

Bring in Feds to uncover bribes to officials that reduce enforcement.

Overall, safeguard and prioritize pedestrians and human-powered transportation in all of the ways we can.

That is one of the main issues that faces the French Quarter, and has for decades. This latest tragedy is just the latest one to underscore this truth.

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Ironwork: 1309 Bourbon

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Ironwork: Gate detail 1100 Bourbon

at the Frances Benjamin Johnston house on Bourbon.  The 1940 era picture is from the Library of Congress archives and likely dates from soon after she purchased the property. She died in New Orleans in 1955.IMG_6900IMG_6902IMG_69033c20441v

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Gate: Daisy flower and stalk

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Zinnia? Daisy?

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Traffic Study for FQ users

The fact that questions 10 and 11  require you to answer as preferring one of the options and did not included a None of the Above choice means this is a poorly worded survey which will skew the results.

I added this to the last text question:

These 2 questions (10 and 11) REQUIRED an answer which is unfair and should have included a none of the above answer. My response should not be recorded as I do not prefer any of those options but the questions were required to be answered in order for my survey to be saved. Please count them as none of the above.

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Please find below a link to the French Quarter Traffic Study Survey, which is being conducted as part of the City of New Orleans Citywide Public Safety Improvements plan.

Specifically, the French Quarter Traffic Study is focused on the transportation, traffic and delivery issues associated with the proposed changes to vehicular traffic flow on Bourbon Street.

There is one survey for French Quarter residents and one survey for French Quarter business owners.

 Why – We are administering this survey to ensure that residents and businesses across the French Quarter have an opportunity to participate and inform the Traffic Study.
 Time – The survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete.
 Privacy – Your privacy will be protected; only the City and its contractor will have access to the raw survey data.
 Deadline – The survey should be completed by close of business on Friday, April 28, 2017.

Participate in the Survey for Residents: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FQ_Reside…
Participate in the Survey for Businesses: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FQ_Busine…

If you do not have access to a computer, please call 504.658.ROAD for assistance with participating in the survey.

We appreciate your willingness to engage in this process. Should you have any questions, you may direct them to 504.658.ROAD or send e-mail to roadwork@nola.gov.