Laketran News

Laketran serves up a surprise for 20 millionth rider

Lake County, OH – On Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 3:00pm, Laketran surprised Ona Labadie, a Dial-a-Ride rider, as the 20 millionth rider in the history of Laketran.  Labadie was picked up from Game of Mentor, located at 7300 Palisades Pkwy, Mentor, OH 44060 where she is active in a summer senior bowling league. Labadie, of […]

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Laketran approves purchase of 10 new coach buses for Park-n-Ride services

By John Arthur Hutchison, The News-Herald | Tuesday, May 19, 2015  The Laketran Board of Trustees have approved the purchase of 10 motor coach buses for the transit agency’s Park-n-Ride service for commuters to Cleveland. The purchase of the 40-foot buses will be paid for by 80 percent federal funding through Congestion Mitigation Air Quality grants and […]

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Laketran responds to food shortage with FILL-A-BUS food drive

Lake County, OH – With the need for food increasing throughout the community combined with a dramatic decrease in donations to Feed Lake County, United Way of Lake County is partnering with Laketran and City of Willoughby to attempt to Fill-a-Bus at the Earth Day weekend Eco-Fair to increase donations to the nonprofit organization’s annual […]

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Laketran evacuated 30 Greyhound passengers to safety

Lake County, OH – On Friday, April 10, 2015 Laketran was contacted by Madison Police Department to evacuate 30 passengers from the Greyhound bus that was involved in the bomb threat that closed I-90 for nearly 3 hours. Passengers were taken to Madison Fire Station 3 until the Greyhound bus and passengers were cleared by Lake […]

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Raymond Jurkowski: Steps must be taken to improve nation's infrastructure

  Where There’s a Will – There’s a Way: Improving Ohio’s Roads, Bridges, and Public Transit Infrastructure By Raymond Jurkowski, Laketran General Manager | Tuesday, March 24, 2015  Fact: the nation’s infrastructure is crumbling before our very eyes without any meaningful solutions coming from Washington or Columbus. There have been so many studies over the years describing our […]

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