Student Government and the LSU Family Association will offer shuttle rides Tuesday and Wednesday to students heading to the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport and Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Students traveling to New Orleans will pay a fee of $20 while students traveling to the Baton Rouge airport will pay $10. The cost will be charged to the student’s fee bill, and it covers the round trip to the airport and back to campus after the break.
The shuttle will leave for the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., with a bus leaving the University about every hour on Tuesday and Wednesday. The shuttle for the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport will leave at 4 a.m., 8 a.m., noon and 4 p.m. on those days.
Brian Davis, SG director of transportation, said this is the third year the holiday shuttle has been active.
About 150 to 175 students took advantage of the shuttle last year, and Davis said he expects about the same number this holiday season.
“A lot of students don’t have cars, and taxis can cost a lot of money,” Davis said. “We wanted to reach out to students by supplying them with a cheaper option to the