NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - With Essence Festival kicking off, visitors from across the country are descending on New Orleans, ...

Barricades and barriers are some safety measures visitors, including Vanessa Manley, will see during the crowded weekend. "We ...

Six months after a driver plowed down and killed 14 people on Bourbon Street, New Orleans leaders are no closer to acting on consultants' recommendations to close the street to cars, amid continuing ...

“Bourbon Street itself is not a pedestrian area,” she said. “There are pedestrians, but there are also cross streets and there aren’t stations at every cross street to prevent this.” ...

On Bourbon Street, consumerism and short-term gratification run amok: Barkers hawk neon drinks, discarded plastic crunches underfoot, pounding drumbeats and flashing lights override rational thought.

Months before the deadly New Orleans vehicle attack on New Year’s Day, the city modeled scenarios for how an attacker could enter Bourbon Street at various intersections in a crew-cab Ford F-150 ...

The report suggests banning vehicles from sections of the popular French Quarter street, aiming to prevent potential terror attacks and create a more inviting atmosphere for pedestrians. It also ...

Officials have identified the suspect in the Bourbon Street New Year’s Day attack as 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar. (Texas DPW) The project to remove and replace the bollards along about eight ...

A short distance down the block, the truck drove over a hydraulic metal barrier that officials had planned to raise that night to prevent unauthorized vehicles from driving down Bourbon Street ...

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 ...