Is the trolley free in New Orleans?

Before you start your streetcar journey, it's important to know how to get started in the first place. If you're paying with cash, correct change is required. For adults, that means $1.25 per ride (children aged five to 12th grade are $0.50 and seniors/riders with disabilities are $0.40).



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Good to know about the New Orleans streetcars If you don't have cash to pay your streetcar fare, you can pay via the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) gomobile app, which allows you to pay your fare from your phone. You can also purchase the Jazzy Passes on the RTA website.

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If you wish to take unlimited rides on the Streetcar, we recommend purchasing a Jazzy Pass. Jazzy Passes are available for 1 or 31 days. For a single day's unlimited use, you can purchase a one-day Jazzy Pass online or on any New Orleans Regional Transit bus or streetcar for $3.

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All three of New Orleans' streetcar lines provide service 24 hours a day with frequent service during the day and hourly appearances from midnight to 6 a.m. The fare for each is $1.25 per person. Transfers cost $. 25.

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Bus. As with most big cities, New Orleans has a great metropolitan bus system in order. Although less romantic than the streetcar, this modern mode of transport has more expansive routes, meaning that you can get to almost any area of the city with ease.

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There's a way to see New Orleans' Uptown, Garden District, Carrollton, and Central Business District (CBD) neighborhoods that are historically accurate, affordable, and entertaining. It's called the St. Charles Avenue streetcar, and a ride costs $1.25.

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Eating is not allowed on RTA vehicle. Drinking is allowed only from closed containers with a cap or straw.

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In part that's because it costs much more to operate the cable cars -- $312 an hour compared with $188 for a streetcar and $126 for a diesel bus. As a result, revenue is up more than 20 percent over the past year.

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The entire trip takes about 45 minutes each way and gives you a grand view of some of New Orleans' most beautiful and interesting homes, the Central Business District, Audubon Park, plus Tulane and Loyola Universities.

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Unless you're planning extensive or far-flung explorations outside the major tourist zones (and, okay, we do recommend a few outlying destinations), you really don't need to rent a car during your stay in New Orleans.

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