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New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA)
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- Type
- Transit authority — Political subdivision of the State of Louisiana run by an independent Board of Commissioners serving Orleans, Jefferson and St. Bernard parishes; operates streetcars, buses, paratransit and ferries. Solicitations run through its ProcureWare portal.
- Market · Region
- United States · Louisiana
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Electrification, Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control
Runs New Orleans' streetcars under a consent decree; buying track, stop-accessibility and traction-power work on the St. Charles line.
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Operates the St. Charles, Canal, Riverfront and Rampart-Loyola streetcar lines with 66 cars: 35 historic 900-series (not ADA-compliant), 7 Brookville 400-series and 24 Brookville 2000-series. A federal consent decree issued on 13 January 2025 requires every St. Charles stop to be ADA-compliant by August 2028, seven 400-series cars available for service and a plan for a fully accessible fleet by 3 November 2026. Its Streetcar Modernization Master Plan covers vehicles, traction power, overhead lines, signals and a possible trolley-pole to pantograph change; track and substation work is running alongside it.
- Type
- Transit authority — Political subdivision of the State of Louisiana run by an independent Board of Commissioners serving Orleans, Jefferson and St. Bernard parishes; operates streetcars, buses, paratransit and ferries. Solicitations run through its ProcureWare portal.
- Where
- Louisiana · New Orleans
- Programmes
- IIJA / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Electrification, Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control
Structure
- funded by FTA — Grant LA-2026-014, federal, All Stations Accessibility Program for the St. Charles line, 14 July 2026 to 31 May 2029 (active)
- funded by FTA — Grant LA-2023-001, federal, rail state of good repair, 24 April 2023 to 31 December 2026 (active)
- funded by FTA — Grant LA-2024-011, federal, rail and HOV preventive maintenance and capital items, 3 April 2024 to 30 October 2027 (active)
- Contract detail and values (3)$5–25mIn the United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (3)
- ● USAspending: FTA grant LA-2026-014 (All Stations Accessibility Program, St. Charles line) · Federal award record: $5,492,524 federal, non-federal $1,373,134, total $6,865,658; period 14 July 2026 to 31 May 2029. Stands in for transit.dot.gov (HTTP 403). (published 2026-07-14 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● USAspending: FTA grant LA-2024-011 (RTA rail and HOV preventive maintenance, capital items) · Federal award record: $7,182,249 federal, total $8,977,812; period 3 April 2024 to 30 October 2027; includes a tamping machine and phase 4 of the St. Charles loop project. (published 2024-04-03 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● USAspending: FTA grant LA-2023-001 (RTA rail state of good repair) · Federal award record: $7,086,296 federal, total $8,857,872; period 24 April 2023 to 31 December 2026; rail line and shop equipment, traction power substation repair, Carrollton double crossover, St. Charles loop. (published 2023-04-24 · checked 2026-10-07)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Charles loop and tamping machine grant | In execution | $5–25m | |
| Harmony Circle track replacement | In execution | Not published (RTA internal estimate range $4.5m to $10m) | |
| St. Charles rail state-of-good-repair programme | In execution | $5–25m | |
| St. Charles streetcar stop accessibility upgrades | Planned | $5–25m | |
| Streetcar connector and Riverfront extension | Planned | $5–25m | |
| Streetcar truck rebuild and power-wire programme | Planned | $5–25m |
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- Procurement structure
- Published contacts (2)
- Award history (3)
- Entry path
Full detail withheld: 4 fields. In the United States edition · See a fully open example
5 sources · all primary
- ● RTA: Streetcar Modernization Study · Project page: consent decree duties on the St. Charles line, the All-Stations Accessibility Program and Harmony Circle track replacement, advisory committee, open houses; last updated 8 September 2026. (published 2026-09-08 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● RTA: Streetcar Modernization Master Plan, Existing Conditions Assessment executive summary · Executive summary PDF: fleet by series (900, 400 and 2000), consent decree requirements, state-of-good-repair project table with RTA internal cost estimates. (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● RTA: Procurements and Contracts · Procurement page: central channel for public solicitations; active RFPs and IFBs are listed on the ProcureWare portal; vendor and DBE form library. (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● RTA release: connected rail improvement projects on the St. Charles line · Release of 23 July 2026 (date from the RTA news index): Carrollton Double Crossover and Harmony Circle track replacement start 27 July 2026; two temporary bus bridges. (published 2026-07-23 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● RTA release: streetcar service restored through Harmony Circle · Release of 4 August 2026 (date from the RTA news index): Harmony Circle track replacement complete; Carrollton Double Crossover still in its initial construction phase. (published 2026-08-04 · checked 2026-10-07)
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