the lsu transit system founded 2009 headquarters baton rouge louisiana locale louisiana state university service area lsu campus & surrounding lsu community routes 15 fleet 23 operator first transit website https sites01.lsu.edu wp tigertrails tiger trail s international bus type transl c choosing agency screen shot on android bionic transl c choosing route screen shot on android bionic transl c regular hour routes screen shot on android bionic lsu tiger trails is the alternative transportation system providing bus service for students faculty staff and visitors both on and off the campus of louisiana state university . 1 the lsu transit system is operated by first transit under contract with lsu s office of parking & transportation services formerly known as the office of parking traffic & transportation . 1 there are a total of 23 buses in the tiger trails fleet . during daytime operating hours the transit system is capable of operating up to 18 buses during peak hours with five back up buses . 2 contents 1 history 2 beginnings 3 current fleet 4 transl c 5 references history edit from 1974 to 2009 louisiana state university used baton rouge s capital area transit system to transport its students faculty and visitors on and off campus . 2 the motion to create lsu tiger trails arose in 2008 due to poor bus service and unfulfilled requirements offered by baton rouge s capital area transit system cats . the student government of lsu along with the office of parking & transportation services received complaints filed against both the service and drivers of cats . 2 the lsu student government requested that the university ask cats to improve their service . after several requests by lsu asking for cats to improve on their shortcomings followed by no actions taken by cats ; the university began taking the initial steps of breaking away from the cats contract and starting their own transit system . beginnings edit in september 2008 the president and senior consultant of solstice transportation consulting mitch skyer came to meet with gary graham director of the office of parking traffic & transportation sic along with administration student government transportation officials and passenger representatives to initiate contact and being to evaluate the transit system . 3 the solstice transportation group held public forums generated questionnaires and researched the surrounding area of lsu for population of the lsu community . 2 with the findings of the solstice transportation group they then mapped projections of routes which the buses should take to maximize usage and reduce route completion time . 2 solstice transportation group presented their projections to the committee in charge of deciding the matter and the committee was in favor of the outcome of solstice s projections . 2 lsu put the projections of their new system up for bid to multiple transportation companies . 2 out of the several companies who submitted their own proposals first transit won the bid because they were well priced and responsible . 2 before tiger trails became tiger trails the lsu student body facility and staff voted on an appropriate name . the top three most popular names were tiger trails easy tiger and geaux tiger respectively . 4 tiger trails took the majority of the vote with 47.3 percent followed by easy tiger commanding 33.4 percent and geaux tiger with 19.3 percent . 4 current fleet edit there are two types of buses in the fleet . the majority of the fleet consists of the eldorado buses ; these are the bigger of the two with flat fronts . the other type is the international which is much like a modern version of the old grade school buses widely used across america . the eldorado s cost roughly 300 000 and the international costs nearly half that at 150 000 . 2 transl c edit every tiger trail s bus is equipped with a global positioning system gps device controlled and maintained by transloc inc. that gives louisiana state university s transit users a helping hand . transloc transit visualization system is a company that allows users to see the real time arrival information of a bus while it is on route . the transl c system made its debut on august 1 2009 . the student government at the time made it known that this was a critical part of the new transit system . 2 up to the minute announcements about situations that impact buses can also be viewed . transl c offers the real time data over three different mediums their website each specific for any one of the universities they support such as lsu transloc . the necessary information can also be found on their transl c app which is available for blackberry iphone and android users . the gps of transl c also serves as a helpful tool for the office of parking & transportation services of lsu . with real time information on each bus lsu has the ability to time each bus on its route and make corrections on their routes . references edit a b lsu tiger trails . lsu office of parking traffic & transportation . retrieved 2011 10 09 . a b c d e f g h i j graham gary 2011 10 07 . interview with andrew lissy . director of the office of parking traffic & transportation lsu . baton rouge . missing or empty title help kennedy katie 18 september 2008 . bus consultant to arrive wednesday skyer plans five days to evaluate system . the daily reveille . retrieved 14 september 2011 . a b schwelm andy 14 july 2009 . students vote to name new system tiger trails . the daily reveille . retrieved 2 november 2011 . v t e louisiana state university academics lsu system center for computation and technology e. j. ourso college of business horace hearne institute louisiana business technology center louisiana geological survey lsu agcenter lsu honors college lsu laboratory school lsu school of dentistry lsu school of music paul m. hebert law center pennington biomedical research center stephenson disaster management institute athletics teams lsu tigers and lady tigers baseball basketball men women beach volleyball cross country men women football golf men women gymnastics soccer softball swimming and diving men women tennis men women track & field indoor and outdoor men women volleyball facilities alex box stadium skip bertman field bernie moore track stadium carl maddox field house charles mcclendon practice facility highland road park lsu academic center for student athletes lsu basketball practice facility lsu football operations center lsu gymnastics training facility lsu indoor practice facility lsu natatorium lsu soccer stadium lsu strength and conditioning facility lsu tennis complex pete maravich assembly center tiger park tiger stadium university club of baton rouge traditions lsu traditions mike the tiger lsu tiger marching band songs of lsu golden girls & colorguard lsu cheerleaders tiger girls lsu hall of fame tiger athletic foundation campus greek theatre highland road park observatory huey p. long field house louisiana museum of natural history lsu campus mounds lsu hilltop arboretum lsu rural life museum lsu tiger band hall memorial tower mike the tiger habitat parker agricultural coliseum shaw center for the arts swine palace reilly theatre student life lsu alma mater notable lsu people klsu louisiana state university press new delta review red stick international animation festival the daily reveille the southern review tiger trails baton rouge louisiana retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lsu tiger trails & oldid 687468896 categories louisiana state universityuniversity and college bus systemstransportation in baton rouge louisianahidden categories pages with citations lacking titles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 october 2015 at 19 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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