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Summer 2025 Service Change Title VI Analysis
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DESCRIPTION: Review and acknowledgment of the Title VI analysis conducted for the Summer 2025 Service Change.
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No action is requested. This report is a summary of the Title VI Equity Analysis for the Summer 2025 Service Change which evaluates the impacts of: 1) Reductions to some overnight service and 2) The realignment of the 49 UPT-Riverfront Streetcar.
Staff finds no disparate impact on vulnerable communities for the overnight service reductions. Staff found that the reconfiguration of the 49 - UPT-Riverfront Streetcar results in a minor disparate impact based on the RTA's Title VI and Environmental Justice Policy Manual. However, the negative impact caused by the new alignment will be mitigated by more frequent service on the remaining streetcar lines, improved transfer experience, and simplification of the downtown streetcar network.
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The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) operates 5 streetcar lines, 26 daytime bus routes, 2 dedicated Owl (Late Night) routes and paratransit service. The RTA implements three routine service changes per year and uses these opportunities to adjust service to improve reliability, align service with the Agency's Fixed-Route Service Standards and implement other changes as needed.
The Summer 2025 Service Change, scheduled for June 1, 2025, aims to improve the reliability of bus service, especially in the morning and evening when the majority of pull-outs from the garage are occurring. Analysis completed by RTA staff indicates that since January 2025, there have been an average of five late pullouts each evening between 4 PM and 8 PM due to no vehicle being available. This time period is one of highest ridership periods for the system, so in order to improve the evening service, som...
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