Background: “Complete Streets” is a way of designing roads that considers everyone—people walking, biking, driving, or using public transit. As New Orleans works to create more Complete Streets projects, it’s important to have a clear and collaborative process for making design decisions and understanding the pros and cons of each choice. Complete Streets projects are opportunities to address multimodal safety challenges as well as reduce the impact of carbon-producing transportation modes. Recent planning efforts have emphasized N. Rampart Street as a critical route for all forms of transportation; these plans include the Orleans Parish Local Road Safety Plan (2023), the New Orleans Bicycle Blueprint (2020), Reimagining the French Quarter (2020), and the City of New Orleans Climate Pollution Reduction Grant.
Project Goal: The purpose of this project is to make N. Rampart Street safer and easier to navigate for everyone using it, such as pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers. This study will focus on a ¾-mile section of N. Rampart Street, from St. Louis Street to St. Bernard Avenue. The street connects users to important areas like Downtown, nearby neighborhoods, Armstrong Park, and the Lafitte Greenway.
A Project Advisory Committee (PAC) made up of local residents and stakeholders will help the City of New Orleans understand traffic safety and mobility concerns and find the best solutions. Some ideas that will be explored include better pedestrian crossings, bike lanes, safer bus and streetcar stops, improved sidewalks, landscaping, and safer intersections.
The study will result in deliverables such as meeting summaries, an analysis of current street conditions, a traffic study, a design concept for the area, and cost estimates. After the study is complete, and funding is secured, the City will move forward with final designs and construction, including more public meetings to gather input. This project is being coordinated in part with a larger $49.9M Climate Pollution Reduction Grant that will implement community-driven solutions that tackle the climate crisis.
Questions:
- If you have any questions about the project, please contact Andrew Logan at 504-905-1561 or email at andrew.logan@nola.gov
- For media inquiries, contact our Communications Department at 504-658-4945 or email us at communications@nola.gov
Project Updates
Two rounds of stakeholder workshops were held. The third and final stakeholder workshop will occur in January 2025 (date to be announced).
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