Founded1974
Headquarters555 Lakeshore Boulevard
Painesville, Ohio
Service areaLake County
Service typeBus
AllianceFree transfer with Greater Cleveland RTA
RoutesLocal Routes:1-9, Park-n-Ride:10-12
DestinationsMadison, Perry, Painesville, Painesville Twp., Fairport Harbor, Concord, Painesville, Mentor, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Willoughby, Eastlake, Timberlake, Lakeline, Willowick, Wickliffe, Willoughby Hills, Mentor-on-the-Lake, downtown Cleveland and limited Cuyahoga County medical facilities
StationsPainesville Transfer Center, Great Lakes Mall Transfer Center, Shoregate Shopping Center, Lakeland Community College Transfer Center, Wickliffe Park-n-Ride, Mentor Park-n-Ride
Fleet2016, 2004 MCI; 2010 Gillig; 2009, 2021 New Flyer; paratransit buses
Daily ridership2,700 (weekdays, Q3 2023)[1]
Annual ridership537,000 (2022)[2]
Fuel typeDiesel, propane, battery
Chief executiveBen Capelle
Websitelaketran.com

Laketran is the transit agency that serves Lake County, Ohio, the county northeast of Cleveland. It is the third-largest transit system in Northeast Ohio, serving Mentor, Painesville, Willoughby, Wickliffe. Eastlake, Fairport Harbor, Madison and other Lake County destinations.[3] In 2022, the system had a ridership of 537,000, or about 2,700 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2023.

Laketran was established as the Regional Transit Authority for Lake County in 1974. Laketran's services include local Routes 1–9, Park-n-Ride Routes 10–12, commuter express routes to downtown Cleveland, and Dial-a-Ride, a door-to-door demand response paratransit service.

Laketran is funded by a half of a percent sales tax, fare revenue, Federal aid for capital expenses, and State assistance.

Laketran received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) for systems carrying more than one million passengers annually, twice: in 2000 [4] and 2005.[5] Laketran connects to Greater Cleveland RTA at Shoregate Shopping Center (Route #39) and at East 276th Street and Euclid Avenue (Route #28).

With the addition of the New Flyer C35LF, Laketran also operates a fleet of MCI (Motor Coach Industries) D4000's for Park-n-Ride commuter service to and from Cleveland. Laketran also operates a fleet of cutaway buses manufactured by Tesco Bus on light routes and Dial-a-Ride paratransit service. In 2009, Laketran purchased a fleet of New Flyer XN35s and are currently being phased out and replaced with 2021 New Flyer diesel and battery powered buses. Laketran also operates a fleet of smaller size low floor Gillig buses purchased in 2010. In 2017, Laketran introduced propane-fueled paratransit vans to its Dial-a-Ride fleet. In 2021, Laketran became the first transit agency in Ohio to operate all electric buses from New Flyer.

Laketran's hours of operation for local routes are Monday-Friday:6am-8pm, Saturday:8am-7pm. Laketran does not operate on Sundays. Laketran is open on Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Columbus Day and Veterans Day and closed for the remaining federal holidays.

Routes

  • – Painesville, Mentor, Great Lakes Mall, Lakeland Community College
  • – Mentor, Willoughby, Wickliffe, Euclid
  • – Great Lakes Mall, Lakeland Community College, Mentor – Wickliffe
  • – Madison, Painesville
  • – Fairport & Painesville Circulators
  • – Shops of Willoughby Hills, Shoregate, Lakeland Community College, Great Lakes Mall via Vine St.
  • – Campus Loop
  • – Mentor, Mentor-on-the-Lake, Mentor Headlands, Painesville Township
  • – Peak service to Painesville, Diamond Centre, Heisley Rd, Tyler Blvd, Great Lakes Mall, Lakeland Community College
  • – Mentor Market Street Park-n-Ride
  • – Madison Park-n-Ride, Lakeland Community College Park-n-Ride
  • – Eastlake Transit Center, St. Mary Magdalene, Shoregate, Wickliffe Park-n-Ride

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Transit Ridership Report Third Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. November 30, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2022" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 1, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Transportation choices". EcoCity Cleveland. April 18, 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
  4. ↑ "Transit Industry Awards Presented At APTA Annual Meeting" (Press release). American Public Transportation Association. September 26, 2000. Archived from the original on April 14, 2001. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
  5. ↑ "2005 APTA Public Transportation Award Winners". American Public Transportation Association. March 6, 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-10-23. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
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