Painesville City Local Schools and Laketran launch “Raiders GO” to improve access for Harvey High School students

Painesville City Local Schools has recently collaborated with Laketran to provide a new student transit benefit program. Raiders GO is a partnership that will allow Harvey High School students, grades 9-12, to ride Laketran’s Local Route 1-9 free of charge wherever they are traveling – be it to campus, internships, activities, local resources, or after […]

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Laketran ridership recovery among top in nation

Laketran ridership recovery among top in nation: Passenger safety, service enhancements, and dedicated workforce keeps Laketran on road to recovery Laketran ranked 32nd in a recent Federal Transit Administration report comparing the ridership recovery of 3,000 transit systems nationwide. The report compared ridership data from June 2019 to June 2021, showing a 67% ridership recovery for […]

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Frank J. Polivka Ribbon Cutting & Dedication – July 29

Frank J. Polivka Transit Center at Lakeland Community College was built to improve access to higher education and training and house charging infrastructure for Laketran’s zero emissions battery-operated electric bus fleet. Dedication of the transit center with charging demonstration will be Thursday, July 29 at 11:00 a.m. at 7601 Clocktower Drive in Kirtland. Lake County, […]

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Mentor Public Schools and Laketran pilot “Cardinal Go” to improve access for high school students

Mentor Public Schools was recently awarded a grant that will fully fund a two-year pilot of a new student transit benefit program with Laketran. Cardinal Go is an innovative partnership that will allow Mentor High School students, grades 9-12, to ride Laketran’s Local Route 1-9 free of charge wherever they are traveling – be it to campus, internships, activities, local […]

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Wickliffe Transit Center opens

Laketran is excited to announce the opening of the Wickliffe Transit Center at our Wickliffe Park-n-Ride.  Local Routes 2 and 3 and Park-n-Ride Route 12 will begin operations from the transit center on Monday, June 21, 2021. The year-long project included the repaving of the existing Park-n-Ride lot and construction of a new state of […]

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