By John Arthur Hutchison, The News-Herald | Posted: Thursday, January 29, 2015 Laketran has been allocated $3,477,425 in federal funding from 2016 through 2020 through the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency to help replace Dial-a-Ride and Commuter Express buses. However, the county transit agency said the funding would be about $7,650,335 short of what is anticipated […]
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Laketran to return Saturday fix routes services starting in May
By John Arthur Hutchinson, The News-Herald | Posted 1/27/15 Lower fuel costs have brought some additional good news for people who want to use Laketran. Because of an estimated $581,000 savings of fuel costs in 2015, Laketran trustees voted at a meeting Jan. 26 to restore the county transit agency’s Saturday fixed route services starting May 2 […]
Fuel savings creates opportunity to restore Saturday service
Lake County, OH – On January 26, 2015, Laketran’s Board of Trustees voted to restore local, in-county fixed route bus service on Saturdays for Lake County residents. The service will begin Saturday, May 2, 2015 and operate from 8:00 am until 7:00 pm. Restoring local fixed route service on Saturdays was not planned when Laketran […]
Editorial: Laketran going strong as it marks 40 years
The News-Herald Editorial Staff | Sunday, January 11, 2015 People don’t always look forward to turning 40. We can imagine, though, it was a happy occasion at Laketran when the bus system recently marked its 40th anniversary. After all, Laketran enters its fourth decade of service as a vibrant public transportation provider, and like a […]
Laketran celebrates 40 Years
By Matt Skrajner, The News-Herald | POSTED: 01/06/15, 8:35 AM EST Laketran recently celebrated four decades of providing transportation to Lake County residents. On Dec. 23, 1974, Lake County Commissioners Robert Martin, John Platz and Michael Coffey founded Laketran, although the name was not adopted until 1979. What started out as a few borrowed buses, including a double-decker […]
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