By Chad Felton, The News-Herald | Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Lake County commissioners have reappointed three members of Laketran’s nine-member board to serve additional three-year terms. Mentor resident Mary Bryner has served on the Laketran board since 2013; Operations Committee Chair Donna P. McNamee, of Willoughby, has served since 2001, and has served on the Executive […]

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Lake County, OH — On Friday, May 20, 2016, Laketran will be offering free rides to encourage Laketran riders to bike to the bus stop for a healthy and environmental friendly commute as part of National Bike to Work Day. Passengers on Local Routes 1-6 and Park-n-Ride Routes 10-13 who ride their bikes to the […]

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Lake County, OH – Laketran is replacing a portion of its Dial-a-Ride fleet with the purchase of 12 new paratransit buses.Laketran 2016 Dial-a-Ride bus Laketran’s 2015 Dial-a-Ride ridership increased 7 percent over 2014 and has seen an additional 14 percent increase during the first quarter of 2016. Most people give up driving around age 85. […]

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Released April 28, 2016 by MCI, Inc. DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS, APRIL 28, 2016: (TSX:NFI) (TSX:NFI.DB.U) Motor Coach Industries (“MCI”), a subsidiary of New Flyer Industries Inc. (the “Company”), the largest bus and motor coach manufacturer in North America announced today that Laketran, the regional public transportation system in Lake County, Ohio, received 10 new MCI […]

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The News-Herald.com If there’s strength in numbers, as the old saying goes, then it’s clear that transit agencies in the state are putting more muscle behind the push for Ohio lawmakers to increase public transit funding. In fact, representatives from 61 transit agencies across the state recently participated in the Ohio Public Transit Association’s Legislative Day […]

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