[PRCo]

[Fred Schneider]

The following was forwarded to be:  I'm simply passing on without  
verification.   Assuming that the rail cars were dry, this may  
indicate that power distribution facilities were either down or it is  
much easier to worry about other things at the moment.     Fred  
Schneider

Subject: NORTA to Resume 4 transit routes
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 22:09:28 +0000
I copied today (10-1-05) the below from the NORTA website.  St.  
Charles is the only line in the regular part of New Orleans, but will  
use buses.  Gen de Gaulle & Algiers are across the Mississippi River  
and Kenner is a western suburb.
    Bob Campbell


RTA service will resume with four transit lines: 12-St. Charles,  
114-115-General de Gaulle, 108-Algiers Local, and 201-Kenner Loop.
9-30-2005

All four lines will run along the regular routes they used before  
Hurricane Katrina, although 12-St. Charles will use buses instead of  
streetcars until further notice.

201-Kenner Loop will follow the same schedule times as before the  
hurricane. However, 12-St. Charles, 114-115-General de Gaulle, and  
108-Algiers Local will run only from 8 am to 6 pm, 7 days a week, in  
keeping with the current Orleans Parish curfew hours. The last bus on  
each line will start its trip from the end of the line well before 6  
pm, and in a few cases before 5 pm, so that it can complete service  
before the curfew takes effect.