New Orleans public safety officials and civic leaders spent Tuesday (April 8) digesting the analysis and recommendations of a security consultant hired by the New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation to examine readiness in the wake of the Jan.

Most of New Orleans’ Bourbon Street should be closed off to vehicles, creating a permanent pedestrian plaza, a report recommends, three months after a truck plowed into a New Year’s Day crowd, killing 14 people and injuring at least 35.