New Orleans' public transit system should redraw its bus map, combine redundant routes, ... The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority ... Another 11 of the existing 33 routes should be left alone.

Bus operator Terry Pierre drives a new bus introduced into the RTA fleet at the RTA operations facility on Canal St. in New Orleans, La. Wednesday, May 5, 2021.

Yvonne Watts is a frequent bus rider and she feels it’s made things more complex. While people figure out the new routes the bus fare is free now until Wednesday, Sept. 28.