By Chad Felton, The News-Herald Last September, in a partnership with the Ohio Department of Transportation, Laketran initiated Bus on Shoulder, a pilot program authorizing Park-n-Ride buses to bypass rush hour traffic moving slower than 30 miles per hour along the Interstate 90/Route 2 eastbound and westbound shoulders from the Euclid Spur to downtown Cleveland. […]
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Laketran extends service hours for holidays to improve job access and shopping
Extended Holiday Hours operate Monday, November 7-December 31 Local Routes 1-6: Monday-Friday 6am – 10pm and Saturdays 8am – 9pm Dial-a-Ride: Monday-Friday 5am – 10pm and Saturdays 8am – 7pm Download Holiday Schedule here Lake County, OH—On Monday, September 26, 2016, Laketran’s Board of Trustees announced Laketran will provide additional late night service for local […]
Laketran recognized for 20 years of “Clean” audits by State of Ohio
Lake County, OH – For twenty consecutive years, Laketran has earned a clean audit from Ohio’s Auditor of the State. To earn a “clean” audit report and receive an award, agencies must file timely financial reports in the form of a Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) that meets strict standards of the Government Finance Officers […]
Laketran launches Request-A-Ride for booking trips online
By Chad Felton, The News-Herald It’s been 30 years since Laketran introduced Dial-a-Ride, its door-to-door transportation service initiated by simply picking up the phone and booking a trip. Now, in the ever-evolving spirit of upgraded technology, Lake County’s transit agency is launching an extension of the vastly popular service with its Request-a-Ride online reservation program […]
Ohio’s beleaguered public transit is on the edge of real financial crisis with sales tax changes
By Ginger Christ, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio – Ohio’s public transit is on the edge of a financial disaster as a statewide tax nears its end. In response to a federal mandate, the sales and use tax on Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) will no longer be collected by the state starting in July. […]
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