Laketran thanks all the riders and caregivers who participated in our recent Dial-a-Ride customer survey. Over 500 surveys were completed and returned to Laketran. As promised, five riders were selected to win a $50 American Express gift card. Congratulations to Mildred B. of Kirtland, James A. from Willoughby, Martha S. from Willowick, Diane K. from […]
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Laketran Achieves 16th Consecutive Clean Audit
Laketran, the regional public transit authority for Lake County, Ohio received a clean audit for the sixteenth consecutive year. Laketran received an unqualified opinion, the best opinion available for this type of audit, directly from State of Ohio auditors who conducted Laketran’s audit and issued the opinion. No citations were reported in the audit for […]
More Riders are Dumping the Pump
Laketran will join with public transportation systems nationwide to participate in the 7th annual National Dump the Pump Day on Thursday, June 21. The slogan of this year’s National Dump the Pump Day is “Dump the Pump. Save Money. Ride Transit.” Sponsored by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) the 2012 National Dump the Pump […]
Laketran Helps Riders’ Bike to Work Experience
Chris Twarogowski, a mechanical engineer of Mentor, has been biking to work since 2005. “When gas spiked in 2005, I sold my 10-mpg SUV and bought a bicycle,” explains Twarogowski of his decision to transition from driving a car to a bicycle. At the time Twarogowski was working in Willoughby and biked about 12 miles […]
Innovation Helps Laketran With 2012 Budget
By Brandon Baker, News-Herald A line of Laketran buses sat behind the agency’s Painesville Township headquarters Monday morning, but each vehicle was missing a key element. Their scratched-off logos were representative of both the ongoing eBay auctions Laketran has been conducting and the lengths officials have gone to raise money for the fiscally recovering transit […]