RTA: Streetcar expansion to Press Street "not a priority" at this time
 

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During a somewhat contentious exchange at New Orleans Regional Transit Authority's (RTA's) monthly Board of Commissioners meeting, officials pushed back on the notion that a St. Claude Avenue streetcar expansion to Press Street ? a project currently under environmental study ? is among the organization's top priorities.

Officials were responding to criticism from Alex Posorske, executive director of transit watchdog group Ride New Orleans, who noted that the study ? once thought to be shelved ? was back on.?