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RTA outlines fleet replacements, downtown transit center and ferry funding challenges; reports 61 vacancies
Summary
Regional Transit Authority CEO Lona Edwards Hankins told the council the agency has modernized its fleet and is advancing a downtown transit center and Algiers Terminal design; the RTA reported 61 vacancies among roughly 894 budgeted full‑time equivalents and said ferry funding remains unsustainable without regional or state support.
Lona Edwards Hankins, chief executive officer of the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, presented the RTA's 2025 accomplishments and 2026 priorities, saying the agency has procured a new hybrid and diesel fleet and is implementing software improvements to enhance service reliability.
Hankins outlined major capital projects: advancing design for a downtown transit center (planned for Canal and Basin) and moving forward on an Algiers Terminal construction contract.…
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