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If they did have a car, there was but one in the family, not one per person, like today. Years ago, in the late 1940's, maybe one family out of three had an automobile. The third and final stop before reaching Canal Street is at Tulane Avenue, the hub of the Medical District.Need to get around the city, but your car is in the shop? It's too far to walk, but you can't afford a taxi. The next stop is Poydras Street, the center of the city's Financial District. From the Union Passenger Terminal, the Loyola Streetcar's first stop is Julia Street, the major corridor of the city's Warehouse Arts District. In 2013, the 1.6 mile Loyola Avenue/Union Passenger Terminal loop opened, giving visitors who arrive by Amtrak or Greyhound an easy, economical way to see the city and get to their hotels. The Riverfront Line also passes by the Outlet Collection at the Riverwalk, the shops at Canal Place, and Harrah’s Casino. Shopping, dining and sightseeing are just a streetcar ride away. Six vintage red streetcars operate along the popular Riverfront line which will take you from the quaint shops of the French Market to the Aquarium of the Americas and beyond. It’s filled with treasures from Degas, Monet, Picasso and many others, and is home to a magnificent sculpture garden you can wander through for free. The final stop on the City Park spur is the New Orleans Museum of Art. Want spend a leisurely day in City Park, or browsing around New Orleans Museum of Art? Hop on any of the Canal Streetcars that say CITY PARK/MUSEUM on the front window sign. Some of the most interesting architecture in the city is right here. The line ends at City Park Avenue at the historic cemeteries or “Cities of the Dead.” Get out and walk around.

The red Canal Streetcar Line takes locals and tourists to work and play each day on a 5.5-mile route from the foot of Canal Street through the Central Business District and into the Mid-City area. Charles Avenue through a tunnel of Live Oaks, the streetcar passes dozens of antebellum mansions, Loyola and Tulane universities, breathtaking Audubon Park, and fine hotels, restaurants and bars. Thomas Company still run along a 6-mile crescent from Carondelet at Canal Street in the Central Business District through the oldest and most majestic section of Uptown New Orleans, around the Riverbend to Carrollton at Claiborne Avenue. Charles streetcar is the oldest continuously operating streetcar line in the world. Charles Streetcar has become a symbol of the charm and romance of New Orleans. Charles and Carrollton avenues for more than 150 years, the St. Rumbling down the ''neutral ground'' or middle of St.