Correction: New Orleans jump-on bus didn’t cost a quarter to ride

When we quoted Belleville Downtown Development Authority member Jim Chudzinski on page 10 in last week’s edition we apparently misinterpreted what he was saying. We said his hop-on bus ride in New Orleans cost a quarter each time. He has corrected us, saying it didn’t cost a quarter in New Orleans. It was about $17 a head, “a touristy thing.”
Jim said at the DDA meeting, when ideas for the city were being sought, he was suggesting a hop-on ride around Belleville that could, maybe, cost a quarter a ride.
On Friday, he said he was thinking of a double-decker bus that would drive around town from noon to 7 or 8 p.m. that would get people from the neighborhoods into the city without them having to drive and park their cars. It would have to be a partnership and not just paid for by the city, he said.
We apologize for the misunderstanding.
Rosemary K. Otzman, editor