New Orleans Complete Streets Coalition
Improving our roadways and safe transportation options in order to enhance health, equity, sustainability, prosperity, and quality-of-life for the people of New Orleans.
New Orleans Complete Streets Coalition
Improving our roadways and safe transportation options in order to enhance health, equity, sustainability, prosperity, and quality-of-life for the people of New Orleans.
Tracy Deroche, owner of the Phoenix Bar on Elysian Fields, sat down with the New Orleans Complete Streets Coalition to share why he supports safe streets for all road users, how his business has benefited from the new protected bike lanes on Elysian Fields, and his hopes to see safety improve in the future. The Phoenix Bar sits on the …
We’re so excited about the new bikeway infrastructure being built out in Algiers! Check out these before and after photos highlighting the new protected bikeways, pedestrian crossings and roadway improvements. Holiday Dr. at Wall Blvd. Lawrence (Behrman Park trail) Lawrence Street Wall Blvd. at Murl Street Newton Street at Arthur Monday Center Plus, a few …
Adam and Ashley Lownik have two young children and are both teachers who live and work in Algiers. They enjoy the easygoing lifestyle of their community. What they haven’t always enjoyed are cars and trucks racing by, sometimes within inches, on their commutes to work at Harriet Tubman. For them, the new protected bike lanes on MacArthur provide relief and …
As new Complete Streets continue to be built across New Orleans and we begin to get back into the swing of things, join us at any one of the community events below to get moving outside and help us ‘activate’ New Orleans’ new low-stress bikeway networks. Join a community bike ride, Councilmember Palmer’s crawfish boil, yoga and a walk, community arts …
To grow New Orleans’ movement for more safety and less stress on our streets, we need to reach beyond our inner circles, way beyond. Almost every neighborhood in New Orleans will receive street safety and accessibility infrastructure as part of the Moving New Orleans Bikes plan, so we need to make sure that people from every neighborhood are brought into …
More streets in Algiers are becoming safe for families to bike, easier to cross for seniors out for a walk, children getting off the bus, and less dangerous for anyone to drive. The City is currently installing it’s first-ever intersection of protected bike lanes at Holiday Drive and MacArthur Boulevard, in what will be a hub of a new ‘low-stress’ bikeway …
With more safety and less stress coming to our streets, there’s also new ways to enjoy the benefits of Complete Streets. For five years, the Bike Easy April Challenge has brought the biking community together, and encouraged more people to get out and ride through friendly competition and fun prize giveaways. But this is the first year that people can …
We’re joining with Councilmember Kristin Palmer’s office for a celebration of the Algiers Levee Path extension to the Cut-off community in Algiers. The Coalition, Bike Easy, and Positive Impact Nola will host a bike ride of Algiers’ new low-stress bikeway network. Ahead of Councilmember Palmer’s free crawfish boil down in Cutoff, meet us in upper Algiers along the Newton Street …
As part of Moving New Orleans Bikes, the City is currently building 75 miles of connected, low-stress bikeway networks across Orleans Parish, including over 10 miles of improvements in Algiers. These Complete Streets improvements, including parking-protected bikeways and bike/walk-friendly boulevards, will create more safety and less stress for everyone on the road – people walking, biking, driving and riding transit. …
Gearing up for the annual Crescent City Classic 10k, the New Orleans Complete Streets Coalition (NOCSC) and GirlTrek have partnered to prepare locally recognized media personality and expecting mother, Casey Ferrand, to complete the event this Sunday, April 4th at 8 a.m. The Coalition’s initiative to improve mobility across the city and encourage residents to embrace improved street infrastructure across …