New Orleans Public Service Incorporated
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New Orleans Public Service Incorporated (NOPSI) is a former electric and natural gas utility and mass transit provider that was based in New Orleans, Louisiana
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The various streetcar lines of New Orleans were consolidated under NOPSI's control in 1922. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, NOPSI converted all the streetcar lines in New Orleans, except for the St. Charles Avenue Line to bus service.
In 1983, control of the system's mass transit was transferred to a public agency, the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
. NOPSI later became Entergy New Orleans, a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation.
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
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The various streetcar lines of New Orleans were consolidated under NOPSI's control in 1922. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, NOPSI converted all the streetcar lines in New Orleans, except for the St. Charles Avenue Line to bus service.
In 1983, control of the system's mass transit was transferred to a public agency, the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority is a body established by the Louisiana State Legislature in 1979; since 1983 it has controlled bus and streetcar service in the City of New Orleans....
. NOPSI later became Entergy New Orleans, a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation.