Laketran

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A 1998 MCI D4000 Commuter operating for LakeTran
A 1998 MCI D4000 Commuter operating for LakeTran
A 1997 New Flyer C35LF. These were LakeTran's first CNG buses which retired their older Orion Is and Orion Vs in Local transit service
A 1997 New Flyer C35LF. These were LakeTran's first CNG buses which retired their older Orion Is and Orion Vs in Local transit service
A 1998 MCI (Motor Coach Industries) D4000 Commuter Coach
A 1998 MCI (Motor Coach Industries) D4000 Commuter Coach
A 2003 Chance Opus. These were LakeTran's in service Low Floor coaches and are used on LakeTran's lighter local routes.
A 2003 Chance Opus. These were LakeTran's in service Low Floor coaches and are used on LakeTran's lighter local routes.

Laketran is the transit agency servicing 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.[1]

Laketran was established as the Regional Transit Authority for Lake County in 1974. Laketran's services include six local fixed routes, five commuter express routes to downtown Cleveland, and Dial-a-Ride, a door-to-door paratransit service.

Laketran is funded by a one quarter of one percent sales tax.

Laketran received the American Public Transportation Association's Outstanding Achievement Award for systems carrying fewer than one million passengers annually, twice: in 2000 [2] and 2005.[3] Laketran connects to Greater Cleveland RTA at Shoregate Shopping Center (Route #39) and at East 276th Street and Euclid Avenue (Route #28).

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  1. ^ EcoCity Cleveland. Transportation choices. Retrieved on 18 April, 2007.
  2. ^ American Public Transportation Association (September 26, 2000). Transit Industry Awards Presented At APTA Annual Meeting.
  3. ^ American Public Transportation Association. 2005 APTA Public Transportation Award Winners. APTA Media Center. Retrieved on 6 March, 2006.

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