Authority to designate one-way streets and alleys.
New Orleans City Code § 154-601
in effectSec. 154-601. - Authority to designate one-way streets and alleys.
(a) Whenever any law of the city designates any one-way street or alley, the city traffic engineer shall place and maintain signs giving notice thereof, and no such regulations shall be effective unless such signs are in place. Signs indicating the direction of lawful traffic movements shall be placed at every intersection where movement of traffic in the opposite direction is prohibited.
(b) The city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to, on the basis of engineering studies, and after notifying the superintendent of police, designate any street or portion thereof upon which vehicular traffic shall proceed in one direction during one period and the opposite direction during another period of the day, and shall place and maintain appropriate markings, signs, barriers or other devices as is necessary to give notice thereof. The city traffic engineer, after notifying the superintendent of police, may erect signs temporarily designating lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of the centerline of the roadway. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle in violation of such markings, signs, barriers or other devices so placed in accordance with this section.
(Code 1956, § 38-93)
Source: City of New Orleans, Code of Ordinances and Home Rule Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/la/new_orleans/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH154TRVE_ARTVIISPSTRE_S154-601AUDEOYSTALFetched: 10/28/2026