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re: Why hasn't the French Quarter moved to a car-free zone?
Posted on 9/28/23 at 1:17 pm to Fun Bunch
Posted on 9/28/23 at 1:17 pm to Fun Bunch
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I don't go to the FQ very often.
Less cars in the FQ would make the FQ better for almost everyone.
You don't have any stake in the game, then. But as is typical, you know what is best for others. In places you rarely go.
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Posted on 9/28/23 at 1:17 pm to nola tiger lsu
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Car free zones are much nicer areas so this is a valid idea.
Until you have to walk to your car 8 miles away while getting shot at
Posted on 9/28/23 at 1:17 pm to tgrbaitn08
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bc people actually live and work there
Give them permits that allows them to drive/park in the quarter. This is what other urban historic areas do.
Posted on 9/28/23 at 1:18 pm to Fun Bunch
That’s a daily occurrence same with big tour busses.
Posted on 9/28/23 at 1:18 pm to Zappas Stache
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Give them permits that allows them to drive/park in the quarter.
In place. Has been for years.
Posted on 9/28/23 at 1:19 pm to LemmyLives
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You don't have any stake in the game, then.
What skin do you have in the game?
My skin in the game is that I actually live in Orleans Parish, work in Orleans Parish, have investments in Orleans Parish very near the FQ, and I want what is best for the City and TaxPayers.
Posted on 9/28/23 at 1:22 pm to Zappas Stache
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Give them permits that allows them to drive/park in the quarter. This is what other urban historic areas do.
they do that already all over the city Posted on 9/28/23 at 1:23 pm to tgrbaitn08
Do they have sensors where a gate will lift when they approach to give them access to the street?
Posted on 9/28/23 at 1:26 pm to Fun Bunch
Like a parking lot? Parking garage? Yes, those are all over FQ. Warehouse District and CBD
Posted on 9/28/23 at 1:27 pm to tgrbaitn08
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they do that already all over the city
Great. The next step is to prohibit cars that don't have the permit.
Posted on 9/28/23 at 1:29 pm to sidewalkside
I doubt this issue hits New Orleans's top 20 priorities but it would be nice in a perfect world.
Posted on 9/28/23 at 1:29 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Yes, those are all over FQ. Warehouse District and CBD
Your reading comp skills are frickED bro
Posted on 9/28/23 at 1:30 pm to JohnnyKilroy
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Your reading comp skills are frickED bro
His math is worse..
Posted on 9/28/23 at 1:32 pm to Mo Jeaux
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Great. The next step is to prohibit cars that don't have the permit.
Fair enough, how about enforcing curfews on the underage thugs, and closing down the strip clubs and limiting the number of souvenir shops
Maybe even setting an age limit after a certain time unless accompanied by an adult and/or if you live or staying at a hotel.
Maybe not the entire quarter but at least Bourbon St and the streets around Bourbon.
Posted on 9/28/23 at 1:32 pm to sidewalkside
Funny y’all think this is a great idea considering LaToya wanted to do this and got shouted down by people who actually live and work there.
FQ is a neighborhood not a shopping mall
FQ is a neighborhood not a shopping mall
Posted on 9/28/23 at 1:35 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Funny y’all think this is a great idea considering LaToya wanted to do this and got shouted down by people who actually live and work there.
These proposals are almost all met with very vocal opposition at first. I still think the benefits outweigh the detriments.
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FQ is a neighborhood not a shopping mall
Kind of a non sequitur, but OK.
Posted on 9/28/23 at 1:39 pm to sidewalkside
This is valid but people do live there. It would be very easy to creat a resident or owner pass for cars. It would also be fine just shutting down a few streets to cars. Probably be smart as hell.
Posted on 9/28/23 at 1:40 pm to tgrbaitn08
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bc people actually live and work there
You call that living?
Posted on 9/28/23 at 1:41 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Funny y’all think this is a great idea considering LaToya wanted to do this and got shouted down by people who actually live and work there.
One of the great moments in Teedy history. Said she had all this backing and it turned out they asked about 10 people. Half were not residents of the FQ.
Posted on 9/28/23 at 1:44 pm to Fun Bunch
Hell of time for that picture.
I’d love to see cars significantly restricted in the Quarter. Residential tags only. Deliveries restricted to specific days and times. Uber/cabs drop off and pick up on the perimeter. I’m always a bit amazed by the people who sit in their cab inching through the quarter rather than just walking.
If I was emperor, I’d take the hard rock hotel lot at canal and rampart and turn that into a delivery distribution center. Large 18 wheelers unload for delivery by smaller fleet vehicles, and 18 wheelers just don’t enter the quarter.
And there are indeed many models for this across the world.
I’d love to see cars significantly restricted in the Quarter. Residential tags only. Deliveries restricted to specific days and times. Uber/cabs drop off and pick up on the perimeter. I’m always a bit amazed by the people who sit in their cab inching through the quarter rather than just walking.
If I was emperor, I’d take the hard rock hotel lot at canal and rampart and turn that into a delivery distribution center. Large 18 wheelers unload for delivery by smaller fleet vehicles, and 18 wheelers just don’t enter the quarter.
And there are indeed many models for this across the world.
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