NEW ORLEANS MEDIA ADVISORY
NEW ORLEANS AREA MOTORISTS LOSE NEARLY $3,100 PER YEAR ON ROADS THAT ARE ROUGH, CONGESTED AND LACK SOME SAFETY FEATURES
Local speakers join national research group for virtual news conference to release report examining the condition, use and funding of Louisiana’s transportation network.
WHEN:
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. CDT
Virtual news conference – Click Here for Zoom Web Conference
Or iPhone one-tap: US: +13052241968,,89634518225#,,,,*523287#
Or Telephone: +1 305 224 1968
Report available on TRIP website at 10:00 a.m. CDT.
WHAT:
The average driver in the New Orleans area loses $3,067 annually as a result of driving on roads that are deteriorated, congested, and that lack some desirable safety features, according to a new report from TRIP, a national transportation research nonprofit based in Washington, DC.
Local speakers will join TRIP at a virtual news conference on Wednesday to highlight the report’s findings. The report, “Keeping Louisiana Mobile: Providing a Modern, Sustainable Transportation System in the Pelican State,” examines road and bridge conditions, congestion, economic development, highway safety, traffic congestions, and transportation funding statewide and in the Baton Rouge, Lafayette, New Orleans and Shreveport urban areas.
A link to a video containing TRIP spokesperson comments on the report’s findings and an overview of the data for the New Orleans area will be posted on the TRIP website at 10:00 a.m. CDT on April 9.
WHO:
Will Green, President, Louisiana Association of Business & Industry
Adam Knapp, CEO, Leaders for a Better Louisiana
Chris Landry, President/CEO, Louisiana Travel Association
Rocky Moretti, Director of Policy & Research, TRIP
CONTACT:
Rocky Moretti – TRIP | 202.262.0714 (cell)
Carolyn Bonifas Kelly – TRIP | 703.801.9212 (cell)