Getting around New Orleans on public transit is back in service after reports said three-to-four-and-a-half inches of rainfall fell overnight.
RTA had dispatched buses and streetcars for normal morning runs only to abruptly yank everything back to the barns just after 9am.
Numerous streets and intersections along routes were under water as Sewerage and Water Board pumps worked at capacity to get the water from the streets.
Finally, at just after 1pm this afternoon RTA returned to the streets.
Only the 57-Franklin and 84-Galvez lines deviated from their normal routes.
57-Franklin:Outbound: From Franklin, the bus will U-turn at Abundance. The bus will then detour right on Miro, right on Elysian Fields, right on Gentilly, then left back onto Franklin before returning to the regular route.
Inbound: From Franklin, the bus will turn right on Gentilly. The bus will then detour left on Elysian Fields, left on Galvez, right on Franklin before returning to the regular route.
84-Galvez:Outbound: The bus will detour right on Desire, then left on St. Claude before making a U-turn at St. Maurice.
Inbound: The bus will detour right on Desire from St. Claude, then left on Galvez before returning to regular route.
Ferry services are still temporarily suspended due to weather-related concerns. A bus bridge is in place.