New Orleans Streetcar Line to Get Super Bowl Debut

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With the Super Bowl less than 3 months away, New Orleans is hurrying to lay streetcar tracks with among its busiest passages to link 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 complete stranger to Super Bowls. In the 47 years of game's history, this will be the 10th time for New Orleans to play host. However this will be the city's first Super Bowl because Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005, eliminating hundreds and leaving 80 percent of the city under water. The snarled traffic, building staffs and flying dust along Loyola Avenue where the brand-new streetcar line is being laid embodies the frenzied speed of preparations for the Super Bowl.
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Robert Miles
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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." |
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Rachel Heiligman
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| 0.0910904 | "Streetcars have proven to be an incredible source for revitalizing commercial corridors," said Rachel Heiligman, ... |
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James Amdal
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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." |
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