Shreveport Area Transit System
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The Shreveport Area Transit System, commonly known as SporTran, is a public transportation bus
system based in Shreveport, Louisiana
, USA. It runs bus routes in Shreveport and Bossier City, Louisiana
. All bus routes converge at the Downtown Terminal in Downtown Shreveport.
SporTran provides public transportation in the form of buses and lift vans. SporTran is one of the oldest public transportation systems in the south. SporTran has been in continual service for over 125 years with only one interruption due to the strike of 1957.
SporTran operates seven days a week on 17 bus routes from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., with shorter operations on the weekends. As of 2006, SporTran operates night service on five routes (mostly supplementing daytime service after end of service) between 8:00 p.m. and midnight Monday through Saturday with no service on Sundays.
SporTran has a fleet of over 50 buses equipped to handle all passengers, including those with disabilities. Their newest buses are equipped with the emission reduction systems and an experimental dual-fuel (Hybrid) bus was placed in service in 2005.
Transit bus
A transit bus , also known as a commuter bus, city bus, or public bus, is a bus used for short-distance public transport purposes...
system based in Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. It is the principal city of the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana and is the 109th-largest city in the United States....
, USA. It runs bus routes in Shreveport and Bossier City, Louisiana
Bossier City, Louisiana
Bossier City is a city in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States.As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total population of 61,315. Bossier City is closely tied to its larger sister city Shreveport, located on the western bank of the Red River. The Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area is the...
. All bus routes converge at the Downtown Terminal in Downtown Shreveport.
SporTran provides public transportation in the form of buses and lift vans. SporTran is one of the oldest public transportation systems in the south. SporTran has been in continual service for over 125 years with only one interruption due to the strike of 1957.
SporTran operates seven days a week on 17 bus routes from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., with shorter operations on the weekends. As of 2006, SporTran operates night service on five routes (mostly supplementing daytime service after end of service) between 8:00 p.m. and midnight Monday through Saturday with no service on Sundays.
SporTran has a fleet of over 50 buses equipped to handle all passengers, including those with disabilities. Their newest buses are equipped with the emission reduction systems and an experimental dual-fuel (Hybrid) bus was placed in service in 2005.
Downtown Terminal
- Address: 400 Crockett Street, Shreveport
- Coordinates: 32°30′42"N 93°44′52"W
- Facilities: All routes connect at this downtown bus terminal, which was opened in 1986
Bus Garage
- Address: 1115 Jack Wells Boulevard, Shreveport
- Coordinates: 32°32′06"N 93°45′24"W
- Facilities: Shreveport Transit Management office and bus maintenance
Routes
| Regular routes | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Places served and notes |
| 1 | Metro Loop | |
| 2 | Metro Loop | |
| 3 | Queensboro | |
| 4 | Fairgrounds | |
| 5 | Linwood | |
| 6 | Cedar Grove | |
| 7 | Line Ave. | |
| 8 | Highland | |
| 9 | Broadmoor | |
| 11 | Southern Hills | |
| 12 | M.L. King, Jr. | |
| 14 | Barksdale | |
| 15 | North Bossier | |
| 16 | East Bossier | |
| 18 | Russell Road | |
| 19 | Allendale | |
| 20 | Pines Road | |
| Night Service | ||
| No. | Name | Places served and notes |
| N-101 | Shreveport | East Shreveport, V.A. Medical Center, LSU Shreveport Louisiana State University in Shreveport Louisiana State University in Shreveport is a branch of the Louisiana State University System in Shreveport, Louisiana. Opened in 1967, LSUS is the only public four-year university in the Shreveport-Bossier metro area.... |
| N-201 | Shreveport | |
| N-301 | Shreveport | LSU Medical Center Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport is the academic center for medicine and medical research in North Louisiana. It is located in Shreveport and is part of the Louisiana State University System. The medical school opened in 1969. One of its founders was Dr. Joe E... , Regional Airport Shreveport Regional Airport Shreveport Regional Airport is a public use airport in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. It is owned by the City of Shreveport and located four nautical miles southwest of its central business district.... |
| N-401 | North Shreveport | North Shreveport, Southern University Southern University at Shreveport Southern University at Shreveport, Louisiana or Southern University at Shreveport is a two-year campus of the historically black Southern University System. SUS, pushed to fruition by the administration of Governor John J. McKeithen, opened for instruction on September 19, 1967... |
| N-501 | East Bossier | Bossier Parish Community College Bossier Parish Community College Bossier Parish Community College is a two-year institution of higher education established in 1967 by the Louisiana State Legislature, initially as a pilot program to test the feasibility of commuter two-year colleges... |
| N-601 | North Bossier | Willis-Knighton Bossier Health Center |