Shreveport Area Transit System
Shreveport Area Transit System, known as SporTran, is the public bus system for Shreveport and Bossier City, Louisiana. It began in 1972 when the city bought a private transit company, replacing earlier streetcars and trolleybuses with diesel buses. SporTran operates 17 bus routes and paratransit service, with all routes converging at the Intermodal Facility near downtown Shreveport. The system has been zero-fare since 2022. Buses run seven days a week from 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m., with shorter weekend hours; five routes offer late-night service from 8:00 p.m. to midnight, Monday through Saturday. The fleet includes about 50 buses, with some equipped for emissions reduction; an experimental hybrid bus was added in 2005. Buses are operated by the city governments of Shreveport and Bossier City and the Port of Caddo-Bossier, and most funding comes from grants and the state, with no municipal funding. Forty compressed natural gas buses were pulled after an empty bus caught fire and exploded in April 2025. Headquarters are at 1237 Murphy Street, Shreveport, and the SporTran Transfer Hub serves as a central city hub. For more information, visit sportran.org.
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