RTA Gets New Buses

I am pleased to hear that the Regional Transit Authority is getting new buses. Some people, in New Orleans, depend on public transportation and these new buses will make their lives a little easier.

By May 1, the RTA hopes to receive the first of 39 new coaches equipped to use cleaner-burning biodiesel fuel. The full complement of environmentally friendly buses should be on hand by summer's end, marking the first major move by the financially crippled agency to replace vehicles destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.