This is in response to the recent staff editorial on pedestrianizing Bourbon Street. Putting aside security entirely, Bourbon should still be closed to vehicles.

Ever since, Bourbon Street has measured 5,000 feet in length, from Canal Street to Kerlerec Street, with 13 blocks in the French Quarter and 1.5 blocks in the Faubourg Marigny.

Weapons and two potential improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, were found in the vehicle, authorities said. FBI bomb technicians also found two functional IEDs in coolers in the area.

"Teneo Risk remains firm that restructuring Bourbon Street as a permanent pedestrian plaza is the safest and most secure way to mitigate against a future vehicle ramming attack on Bourbon Street ...

The upcoming town hall aims to engage the community in discussions about these security measures and gather public input on potential future actions.

A spokesman for Mayor Cantrell released a statement on the ongoing discussions about making Bourbon Street a pedestrian mall: "There have been multiple proposed security concepts from our unified ...

Most of New Orleans’ Bourbon Street should be closed off to vehicles, creating a permanent pedestrian plaza, a report recommends, three months after a truck plowed into a New Year’s Day crowd ...

A large cross that was part of the Bourbon Street memorial is rolled to its new location at the Presbytere in New Orleans, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune) ...

The city of New Orleans did not authorize and was not notified that the wall at Bourbon and Canal Street, where people came to honor those lost on Jan. 1, was being painted by the business at that ...