LSU’s new bus system will be named Tiger Trails, according to Noah Miller, director of transportation for Student Government.Nearly 2,500 students, faculty and staff voted on the new name via an Internet survey, Facebook and Twitter.Tiger Trails amassed 47.3 percent of the vote with 1149 votes, followed by Easy Geaux (33.4 percent) and Geaux Tiger (19.3 percent).Easy Geaux was the more popular vote on both Facebook and Twitter but was second most popular on the survey. There were 214 votes via Facebook and 57 votes on Twitter.Students accounted for 57 percent of the survey vote with 1238 votes and faculty and staff had the remaining 43 percent with 919 votes.Gary Graham, director of University Parking, Traffic and Transportation, said the public relations department can now focus on the new logo for the busses.”Now that we have a name, we know what to design,” Graham said. “There probably won’t be a vote on that because of time constraints, though.”Ernie Ballard, senior media relations editor, said the design process will be similar to the system they had for Easy Streets with a Web site and brochures.—-Contact Andy Schwehm at [email protected]
Students vote to name new system ‘Tiger Trails’
July 13, 2009