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Monday’s Headlines Reveal More on the New Orleans Attack

New Orleans officials were warned that someone could use a vehicle to commit a terrorist attack, but didn't use equipment that could have prevented last week's tragedy.

By Blake Aued

12:01 AM EST on January 6, 2025

Monday’s Headlines Reveal More on the New Orleans Attack

Archer barriers like these could have stopped a suspected terrorist from running over pedestrians on Bourbon Street. Meridian Rapid Defense Group

New Orleans officials said they didn’t anticipate a terrorist attack on Bourbon Street (ABC News) despite being warned by both the Department of Homeland Security and a private security firm about the possibility of someone using a vehicle as a deadly weapon (CNN). Yet while bollards were being replaced, they did not deploy portable “Archer barriers” that could have stopped a 42-year-old Army veteran from ramming into Bourbon Street revelers with a Cybertruck and killing 14 people. (NBC News)
A day after the New Orleans attack, police arrested a man who was driving on a sidewalk near the U.S. Capitol. (Washington Post)
The attack also spurred Biking in LA to call for infrastructure to protect shoppers and tourists on Hollywood Boulevard. And Omaha is installing bollards in a popular retail and restaurant district (WOWT)
Drivers have crashed their cars into one Portland home an astonishing 30 times. (KGW)
Congestion pricing took effect Sunday in New York City (Times), but still faces significant opposition, including from President-elect Donald Trump, who has promised to repeal federal approval after taking office (Politico).
The EPA is letting a Florida company build a road out of radioactive fertilizer byproducts. (The Hill)
Seattle progressives are wary of the city council taking control over how to spend a recent $1.5 billion transportation levy. (The Stranger)
Whether Pittsburgh Regional Transit expands or faces fare hikes and service cuts depends on whether the Pennsylvania government can get its act together and fund transit. (Union Progress)
San Francisco officials are worried that Trump will cancel the massive underground rail project known as The Portal. (Examiner)
Cleveland will soon unveil plans for a three-mile downtown bike loop. (Scene)
For a second time, Raleigh failed to find a contractor willing to build the city’s first bus rapid transit line on budget. (News & Observer)
Maryland’s Purple Line could wind up being the most expensive light rail project in history, according to Montgomery County’s top official, who blamed the Larry Hogan administration. (Montgomery Community Media)
Bike Portland looks back on the top stories of 2024, including unacceptably high traffic deaths and, on a brighter note, the bike bus trend.
Momentum Magazine suggests 12 New Year’s resolutions for cyclists.

Blake Aued

Blake Aued has been doing Streetsblog's daily national news digest for years. He's also an Atlanta Braves fan, which enrages his editor in New York.

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