The Shreveport Area Transit System, commonly known as SporTran, is a public transportation bus system based in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. It runs bus routes in Shreveport and Bossier City, Louisiana, as well as paratransit service. All bus routes converge at the Intermodal Facility near Downtown Shreveport. The entire system has been zero-fare since 2022.
SporTran was established in 1972 after the Shreveport city government purchased an existing private system. The city previously had privately-run streetcars and trolleybuses that were gradually replaced with diesel buses by the 1960s. SporTran operates seven days a week on 17 bus routes from 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.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. Buses are operated by the city governments of Shreveport and Bossier City as well as the Port of Caddo-Bossier; most of its funding is from grants and the state government due to the lack of a municipal funding source. The system has 40 buses powered by compressed natural gas; all of them were pulled after an empty bus caught fire and exploded in April 2025.
Facilities
Downtown Terminal Address: 1237 Murphy St, Shreveport LA 71104 Coordinates: Facilities: All routes connect at this downtown bus terminal, which was opened in 1986
Bus Garage Address: 1115 Jack Wells Boulevard, Shreveport
Facilities: Shreveport Transit Management office and bus maintenance
Routes Regular routes SporTran Routes and Maps No. Name Places served and notes 1 Hearne Loop Loops south-central part of Shreveport 2 MLKing Circulator Loops MLK neighborhood area 3 Queensboro West and Southwest Shreveport including Regional Airport 4 Fairgrounds West Shreveport, Louisiana State Fairgrounds including Independence Stadium and Fair Grounds Field 5 Linwood South Shreveport (west of #6), including LSU Medical Center / UniversityHealth 6 Cedar Grove South Shreveport (east of #5, west of #7) 7 Line Ave. South Shreveport (east of #6) 8 Highland Southeast Shreveport (west of #9) 9 Broadmoor Southeast Shreveport (east of #8) 11 Southern Hills Southwest Shreveport 12 M.L. King, Jr. North and Northwest Shreveport including Southern University 14 Barksdale Barksdale AFB and southern Bossier 15 North Bossier Willis-Knighton Bossier Health Center 16 East Bossier Bossier Parish Community College 17 Midday Bossier Special route serving Bossier on weekdays from 9am–2pm (basically combining #s 15&16) 18 Russell Road Northwest Shreveport including Southern University 19 Allendale Area near and northwest of Downtown Shreveport 20 Pines Road West Shreveport Night ServiceNight Service Schedules No. Name Places served and notes N-101 Shreveport East Shreveport, V.A. Medical Center, LSU Shreveport N-201 Shreveport N-301 Shreveport LSU Medical Center / UniversityHealth, Regional Airport N-401 North Shreveport North Shreveport, Southern University N-501 East Bossier Bossier Parish Community College N-601 North Bossier Willis-Knighton Bossier Health Center
References
External links Official website