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The 小蝌蚪APP小蝌蚪APP檚 new director of the Office of Transportation Services, Cheri Soileau, will be using social media to help students navigate the campus.

The Office of Transportation Services, formerly known as the Office of Parking and Transit, has established two new Twitter hashtags 小蝌蚪APP #GeauxPark and #GeauxBus 小蝌蚪APP to share information. It will also be using its Facebook page: .

小蝌蚪APP淪tudents already have a lot on their plates. The last thing they 小蝌蚪APP or our visitors 小蝌蚪APP should have to worry about is where to park,小蝌蚪APP said Soileau, who began working at the 小蝌蚪APP July 22. The name of the Office of Parking and Transit was changed to the Office of Transportation Services this week.

Soileau previously worked in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area as a senior transit planner for the Denton County Transportation Authority. She was responsible for planning and scheduling bus routes, including nine university shuttles for the 小蝌蚪APP of North Texas, and a commuter rail line that served about three million customers each year.

She also has experience in light rail service. While working for Dallas Area Rapid Transit, she was project manager for an engineering and environmental assessment phase of a light rail extension project. Soileau has also worked as a consultant.

小蝌蚪APP淭ransportation can improve the quality of our lives,小蝌蚪APP she said.

In the 1990s, while working as a transportation planner in Plano, Texas, near Dallas, Soileau saw first-hand how important transportation can be. 小蝌蚪APP淚 often worked with customers who were disabled, trying to give them the best service possible. I think transportation is something we can easily take for granted, but for those with limitations, transportation can mean a great deal more freedom. When you don't have to plan your day around its availability, that makes life a lot easier.小蝌蚪APP

Soileau, a native of Missouri, holds a bachelor小蝌蚪APP檚 degree in history from Drake 小蝌蚪APP in Des Moines. She earned a master小蝌蚪APP檚 degree in public administration from the 小蝌蚪APP of Houston-Clear Lake.