St. Benard Urban Rapid Transit is the operator of public transportation in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

St. Bernard Parish is a parish located southeast of New Orleans in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Chalmette, the largest city in the parish. As of 2000, its population was 67,229. It has been ranked the fastest-growing county in the United States from 2007 to 2008 by the U.S....

, a suburban portion of New Orleans. Although the parish and its bus service have been greatly impacted by Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...

 (the population is only 60% of pre-Katrina numbers), a commuter route remains. For $1, trips are made approximately every 40 minutes during weekdays between Poydras, Louisiana

Poydras, Louisiana

Poydras is a census-designated place in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,886 at the 2000 census. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 and the New Orleans neighborhood of Arabi

Arabi, Louisiana

Arabi is a census-designated place in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana on the East Bank of the Mississippi River, between the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana and Chalmette within the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area...

, at which transfers to RTA buses to Downtown can be efficiently made.

External links

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