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New Orleans Streetcar Line to Get Super Bowl Debut | Essentials

New Orleans Streetcar Line to Get Super Bowl Debut

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With the Super Bowl less than three months away, New Orleans is rushing to lay streetcar tracks through one of its busiest corridors to connect by trolley the Louisiana Superdome and the French Quarter. The Big Easy — which will be the site of the big game Feb. 3 — is no stranger to Super Bowls. In the 47 years of game's history, this will be the 10th time for New Orleans to play host. But this will be the city's first Super Bowl since Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005, killing hundreds and leaving 80 percent of the city under water. The snarled traffic, construction crews and flying dust along Loyola Avenue where the new streetcar line is being laid embodies the frantic pace of preparations for the Super Bowl.

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Robert Miles

Overall Sentiment: 0.321157

Relevance: 0.408948

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0.177453"For anybody who's trying to cut down on gas, walk out their front door, go a few blocks and catch the transit system, it'll be good," said Robert Miles, ...
0.134475"For anybody who's trying to cut down on gas, walk out their front door, go a few blocks and catch the transit system, it'll be good," said Robert Miles, a 47-year-old chef at one of the big hotels on Loyola. "It was not a waste of money."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.311928
  • Mean: 0.155964
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689
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Rachel Heiligman

Overall Sentiment: 0.253421

Relevance: 0.403348

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0.0910904"Streetcars have proven to be an incredible source for revitalizing commercial corridors," said Rachel Heiligman, ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0910904
  • Mean: 0.0910904
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

James Amdal

Overall Sentiment: -0.0236522

Relevance: 0.383361

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-0.290942"Until the streetcar was announced, there was little activity, or anticipation of development along Loyola," said James Amdal, ...
-0.131936"Until the streetcar was announced, there was little activity, or anticipation of development along Loyola," said James Amdal, senior fellow at the Transportation Institute at the University of New Orleans. "That has definitely changed."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.422878
  • Mean: -0.211439
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Lawrence Freeman

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.380824

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NaturalDisaster: Hurricane Katrina

Overall Sentiment: -0.278813

Relevance: 0.570994

FieldTerminology: Super Bowls

Overall Sentiment: -0.148696

Relevance: 0.718056

FieldTerminology: Union Passenger Terminal

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Relevance: 0.566318

FieldTerminology: transit system

Overall Sentiment: 0.273924

Relevance: 0.372737

Organization: U.S. Department of Transportation

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.404413

Organization: University of New Orleans

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.377447

Organization: Transportation Institute

Overall Sentiment: 0.163072

Relevance: 0.312941

Company: Amtrak

Overall Sentiment: -0.102056

Relevance: 0.382694

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