New Orleans

===Bicycling===
The city's flat landscape, simple street grid and mild winters facilitate [[bicycle]] ridership, helping to make New Orleans eighth among U.S. cities in its rate of bicycle and [[pedestrian]] transportation as of 2010,<ref name=autogenerated3>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/article_40a94334-eaa5-512d-8f6a-de89a3bb52f0.html |title=Bicycle Second Line celebrates New Orleans' expanded bike lanes and awareness |first=Molly Reid, The |last=Times-Picayune |website=NOLA.com |date=May 21, 2010 |access-date=January 1, 2021 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225094816/https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/article_40a94334-eaa5-512d-8f6a-de89a3bb52f0.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and sixth in terms of the percentage of bicycling commuters.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/ |title=Politics &#124; News from The Advocate |first=The |last=Advocate |website=The Advocate |date=May 21, 2023 |access-date=January 1, 2021 |archive-date=November 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107142741/https://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/02/troy_brown_resigns_louisiana_s.html |url-status=live }}</ref> New Orleans is located at the start of the [[Mississippi River Trail]], a {{convert|3000|mi|km|adj=on}} bicycle path that stretches from the city's [[Audubon Park, New Orleans|Audubon Park]] to [[Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mississippirivertrail.org/map.html |title=Welcome Mississippi River Trail |website=www.mississippirivertrail.org |access-date=December 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208065602/http://www.mississippirivertrail.org/map.html |archive-date=December 8, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Since Katrina the city has actively sought to promote bicycling by constructing a $1.5&nbsp;million bike trail from [[Mid-City New Orleans|Mid-City]] to [[Lake Pontchartrain]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/wisner_bike_path_opens_today.html |title=Wisner bike path opens today}}</ref> and by adding over {{convert|37|mi|km}} of [[bicycle lane]]s to various streets, including [[St. Charles Avenue]].<ref name=autogenerated3 /> In 2009, [[Tulane University]] contributed to these efforts by converting the main street through its [[Uptown New Orleans|Uptown]] campus, [[McAlister Place, New Orleans|McAlister Place]], into a [[pedestrian mall]] open to bicycle traffic.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tulane.edu/oua/mcalister-place.cfm |title=McAlister Place |website=tulane.edu |access-date=August 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820085913/http://tulane.edu/oua/mcalister-place.cfm |archive-date=August 20, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Lafitte Greenway]] bicycle and pedestrian trail opened in 2015, and is ultimately planned to extend {{convert|3.1|mi|adj=on}} from the French Quarter to Lakeview. New Orleans has been recognized for its abundance of uniquely decorated and uniquely designed bicycles.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://markbattypublisher.com/books/new-orleans-bicycles/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201182715/http://markbattypublisher.com/books/new-orleans-bicycles/ |url-status=dead |title=Markbattypublisher.com |archive-date=February 1, 2015}}</ref>