LaPlace, La. - The Port of South Louisiana announced that the construction of a six-track railyard in St. Charles Parish is now complete. The rail yard, located at SoLaPort, a port-owned property on the west bank of the Mississippi River,…
BATON ROUGE – Southeast Beach Express, a direct air service connecting Baton Rouge with Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, begins flights on June 3. Flights will be operated daily Thursday through Sunday on 30-seat executive jets. Southeast Beach Express features…
NEW ORLEANS – Applications are now open for the Port of New Orleans Clean Truck Replacement Incentive Program, which gives drayage truck and fleet owners who serve Port NOLA an opportunity to voluntarily replace older, inefficient drayage trucks with cleaner…
NEW ORLEANS – Roads and bridges that are deteriorated, congested or lack desirable safety features cost Louisiana motorists a total of $7.6 billion statewide annually, according to a new report released by TRIP, a Washington, D.C.-based national transportation research nonprofit.…
NEW ORLEANS — A cold storage facility said it will spend $42 million to expand its New Orleans East operations and create 50 new direct jobs. One of two major Lineage Logistics facilities at the Port of New Orleans, the…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Gov. Kay Ivey said Alabama will oppose an Amtrak plan to resume passenger train service between New Orleans and Mobile without a study of its potential impact. While Amtrak asked federal regulators last month to force…
NEW ORLEANS - On April 22, San Francisco-based commuter airline Boutique Air will begin flight operations between the Greenville Mid-Delta Regional Airport in Greenville, Miss. and the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Boutique will offer one daily round-trip on…
NEW ORLEANS – Independent regional airline Silver Airways has announced it will offer nonstop, twice-weekly flights from New Orleans to Jacksonville, Fla. The new route will also provide connections to Silver’s network throughout Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean and other…
ATLANTA (AP) — Amtrak says a new route in its long-range plans would connect Savannah to Nashville and stop in Atlanta. Amtrak’s proposed new routes also include one that would connect Montgomery, Alabama, to Atlanta. The routes are among several…
NEW ORLEANS - This week, President Joe Biden proposed an aggressive series of infrastructure investments he says would require $2.3 trillion in spending over eight years and create millions of jobs. According to a White House fact sheet, Louisiana projects…
NEW ORLEANS — The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans has elected William H. Langenstein III chairman, Charles H. Ponstein vice chairman and Jack C. Jensen Jr. secretary-treasurer. Langenstein joined the Board in February 2018 when he…
SLIDELL, La. - Amazon Logistics said it will build a new 140,000-square-foot delivery station at 1914 Town Center Parkway in Slidell. Expected to open in 2022, the facility will be the first of its kind in St. Tammany Parish and…
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority Board has approved a plan to redesign the metropolitan area's transit network to "improve the frequency, reliability and regional connectivity of bus and streetcar service," according a press release. The New…
NEW ORLEANS – Blue Krewe and the City of New Orleans have announced that Drop Mobility has been selected as the vendor to provide e-assist bikes and software for the relaunch of the city's "Blue Bikes" bike share program. Blue…
NEW ORLEANS - A development team featuring former Saints quarterback Drew Brees and current Saints lineback Demario Davis is among the finalists selected by New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration to potentially redevelop the former Six Flags site in New…
BATON ROUGE – New money coming into the state, including federal stimulus and disaster recovery dollars, could help Louisiana seize an opportunity to be more competitive in international trade, a legislative subcommittee heard Thursday. “We’re not doing as much as…
NEW ORLEANS - For more than a decade, members of the Southern Rail Commission have been lobbying for the return of the Gulf Coast passenger train service that was suspended when Hurricane Katrina damaged the rail lines east of New…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Amtrak has told freight railroads it intends to resume service next year along the northern Gulf Coast between New Orleans and Mobile for the first time since Hurricane Katrina, a spokesman said Wednesday. The plan, which…
NEW ORLEANS – Railway Age Magazine recently named Tomeka Watson Bryant, marketing and sales manager for the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Commission, to its prestigious Fast Trackers "20 Under 40" list. Railway Age's…
NEW ORLEANS - The COVID-19 pandemic and busy 2020 storm season disrupted the international shipping industry significantly - but, locally at least, there could be a silver lining: a potential increase in the number of warehouses and distribution centers in…
NEW ORLEANS - When the city’s next bikeshare program launches later this year, it won’t be using the same motorized blue bikes that disappeared from local streets last May. Those were shipped out of…
NEW ORLEANS — Mayor LaToya Cantrell today joined other City officials and community leaders to celebrate the latest construction associated with the Moving New Orleans Bikes Program that is adding 75 miles of new "low-stress" bikeways as part of the…
NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Public Railroad said it had zero reportable injuries and zero reportable human factor derailments in over 365 days. “This remarkable safety milestone is a direct result of the focused diligence and awareness of the…
DETROIT (AP) — A new government report says gas mileage for new vehicles dropped and pollution increased in model year 2019 for the first time in five years. The mileage increase comes as Americans continue to buy SUVs and trucks,…
DETROIT (AP) — Sales of new vehicles in the U.S. fell 14.6% last year, but a second-half rebound from a coronavirus-related plunge in the spring kindled optimism for a recovery later this year. Automakers on Tuesday reported selling 14.57 million…
NEW ORLEANS - Biz New Orleans magazine – a national award-winning monthly business publication – will publish the inaugural edition of the New Orleans 500, a book profiling influential leaders in greater New Orleans. Click here to submit a nomination. The New Orleans…
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority has brought all operations and maintenance functions in house. As of Dec. 20, all bus, streetcar and paratransit operators as well as maintenance personnel will be directly employed by the RTA.…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana has picked a contractor to handle the first phase of a new Interstate 10 project in the Baton Rouge area that will expand the regularly traffic-snarled roadway. Construction on the I-10 widening between LA 415…
AVONDALE, La. - The New Orleans Regional Planning Commission - a board of local elected officials and citizen members - has been developing a redesigned bus and streetcar network for Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Bernard Parishes. The proposed changes to…
NEW ORLEANS - Amazon Air daily cargo service began this week at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. After launching its air fleet four years ago, the Seattle-based e-commerce behemoth said in June that it was leasing 12 Boeing 767-300…
