Street Cars- Elective

I have been fortunate enough to ride on street cars before and I love them. I was so happy to know that we would be able to ride them on our trip to New Orleans too. For the most part, the street cars were not overly crowded. There were only about 1-2 time in the week we were there that people had to stand. I love how you are able to tell who are locals and who the tourists are by the questioning of the conductors. it still amazes me how people argue with the conductors and tell them where they should be going. I like the freedom of the trolleys too. When the days are nice outside with the sun shining and a nice breeze, the windows are able to be lifted to let even more fresh air in. I especially enjoy how the streetcars free up the amount of cars on the roads. The "jazzy passes" we got were good for 3 days, but just taking a 1 way trip on the street car only costs $1.25. This is a lot cheaper than a cab would be and much easier on the feet (especially if you have blisters). I really enjoyed the street cars and appreciate all the conveniences that they offered making it easy to tour the city and the French Quarter. We also learned on our trip that New Orleans has a street car named "Desire" and it is car #952. We did not get a chance to ride that car, but was impressed that there was a street car named after the 1951 American film drama "Street car named Desire".