When students return from Mardi Gras break, Tiger Trails will have a modified Night Bus B route that serves more areas.
The new route will serve downtown, the center of campus, Greek Row, Perkins Road overpass and Eugene Street.
The route’s expansion began with a petition submitted by fine arts graduate student Holley Shinn to Student Government in which she asked for a night route for students in the Garden District-Perkins area, where service stops at 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The transportation office analyzed pick-up and drop-off locations for the Night Bus B Trail and Garden District-Perkins Trail and devised four possible expansions.
Last week, Shinn, Graham, SG President Cody Wells and enterprise risk management analyst Colorado Robertson met and chose one of those expansions to implement.
She said her goal was achieved, but the process was difficult at first because SG didn’t address her petition for about 5 weeks.
“Once I talked with Graham, he was accommodating. Then the experience was better,” Shinn said.
 
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