The University’s bus system changed several routes at the start of the spring semester to meet student demand.One morning bus was taken off the West Campus/East State Street route and was added to the Tigerland Route, and the Greek B route was discontinued. An extra bus was added to the Greek A route but will run counterclockwise to the Greek A route.Changes to the bus routes were based on text message complaints, conversation with students and ridership information from the fall semester, said Gary Graham, Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation director.Graham said bus counts indicated the West Campus/East State Street and Greek B routes were not carrying as many riders as originally thought.”We were getting complaints that people were being left in Tigerland,” Graham said. “West Campus and Greek B just weren’t being used enough to justify.”Brandon Boyd, Student Government director of transportation, said he doesn’t think the changes will negatively affect student riders using the West Campus/East State Street and Greek B routes.”We tried to not lose any area and put the volume where it needs to go,” Boyd said. “Once people realized what happened, there were a lot of positive comments on the change.”Boyd said the text message line has helped Student Government drastically by calling attention to problem areas.Students can send a text message to (225) 454-9523 or e-mail [email protected] to file complaints about the University’s bus system.”We really take that to heart, and we work as hard as we can everyday to make the bus system as good as it can be for everybody,” Boyd said.Graham said the changes will meet student demand on the Tigerland and Greek A routes, two of the University’s biggest routes, while helping ridership on the West Campus/East State Street route.Tigerland rider Dara Romain said the changes to the bus routes were a good idea.”It’s always full,” said Romain, psychology sophomore. “I think we need a lot more buses.”–Contact Brianna Paciorka at [email protected]