The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority will begin accepting applications this week for a new CEO after Lona Edwards Hankins resigned from the post in May after falling out of favor with Mayor Helena Moreno’s newly-installed board.
Whoever is chosen has plenty to tackle.
The next CEO will take over an agency struggling to pick up riders on-time across its fleet of buses, streetcars and paratransit shuttles. It’s projected to face a shortfall in funding in the coming years that without new revenues could require future cuts to service…