LAKE COUNTY, OHIO – Laketran has been awarded $4.3 million to replace outdated diesel buses with battery-operated electric buses and upgrade the Wickliffe Park-n-Ride with charging infrastructure. The funds were awarded through a competitive grant award from the Department of Transportation (DOT). Funded from the multi-year surface transportation law, Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, […]
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Laketran honors veterans with free rides on Monday, November 11
Lake County, OH – In observance of Veterans Day, Laketran will be offering free rides to veterans on Monday, November 11, 2019. Riders on Local Routes and Park-n-Ride will need to inform their driver that they are a veteran when they board the bus, and their trip will be free. Dial-a-Ride customers should inform Laketran […]
Sales Tax approval will fuel Laketran service
Voters sent a strong message of support to Laketran, as they went to the ballot box and supported the one-quarter of 1 percent sales tax levy to sustain Laketran’s door-to-door Dial-a-Ride service and improve transit services to key job corridors. Final, unofficial results from the Lake County Board of Elections, show the issue passed 29,907 […]
Laketran introduces 5 passenger vans to Dial-a-Ride fleet
Laketran has started to introduce passenger vans into its Dial-a-Ride fleet as another way make the service more efficient as it combats the cost of growing ridership. Dial-a-Ride ridership has been rapidly increasing since 2015 and Laketran first took action by transitioning its Dial-a-Ride buses to propane in 2017 to reduce fuel costs and next […]
Transit agencies launch regional mobile ticketing app to modernize fare collection
A new era in public transportation is about to begin as 13 transit agencies prepare to launch EZfare, an app-based, cashless, fare payment solution that will make riding public transit easier and more convenient than ever before. Laketran will be available to demonstrate EZfare to the media and customers at four community events that coincide […]