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| Founded | 1972 |
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| Headquarters | 1237 Murphy Street Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Locale | Caddo and Bossier Parishes |
| Service area | Shreveport and Bossier City |
| Service type | bus service, paratransit |
| Routes | 17 |
| Hubs | SporTran Transfer Hub |
| Fleet | 50 |
| Operator | Shreveport Transit Management |
| Website | http://www.sportran.org/ |
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. [1]
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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. [2] 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.[ citation needed ]
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.[ citation needed ] 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. [3] 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. [4]
