Big Easy's Streetcars Finally Full Speed

Streetcars clang-clanged their way down South Carrollton Ave. yesterday, and for many, the sound was as sweet as New Orleans jazz, the Times-Picayune reports. For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, the whole St. Charles Ave. streetcar line is running, and it should bring both tourism and a sense of normalcy back to the end-of-the-line neighborhood.

“It’s brought a lot of business, a lot of tourists to our business,” said one local manager, but it’s done more than that. “Hearing the clang-clang, having to look both ways, brings back normalcy definitely for people who live in this area.”