# Laketran

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{{Short description|Transit agency of Lake County, Ohio}}
{{Infobox Bus transit
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| logo            = File:Laketran logo.png
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| founded         = 1974
| headquarters    = 555 Lakeshore Boulevard<br />[Painesville, Ohio](/source/Painesville%2C_Ohio)
| locale          = 
| service_area    = [Lake County](/source/Lake_County%2C_Ohio)
| service_type    = [Bus](/source/Transit_bus)
| alliance        = Free transfer with Greater Cleveland RTA
| routes          = Local Routes:1-14, Park-n-Ride:10-13
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| ridership = {{American transit ridership|OH Grand River total daily}} ({{American transit ridership|dailydate}}){{American transit ridership|dailycitation}}
| annual_ridership = {{American transit ridership|OH Grand River total annual}} ({{American transit ridership|annualdate}}){{American transit ridership|annualcitation}}
| fleet           = 2016, 2018 MCI; 2021 New Flyer; paratransit buses
| fuel_type       = [Diesel](/source/Diesel_fuel), [propane](/source/autogas), [battery](/source/Battery_electric_bus)
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| ceo             = Ben Capelle
| website         = {{official url}}
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'''Laketran''' is the [transit](/source/public_transport) agency that serves [Lake County, Ohio](/source/Lake_County%2C_Ohio), the county northeast of [Cleveland](/source/Cleveland%2C_Ohio). It is the third-largest transit system in [Northeast Ohio](/source/Northeast_Ohio), serving [Mentor](/source/Mentor%2C_Ohio), [Painesville](/source/Painesville%2C_Ohio), [Willoughby](/source/Willoughby%2C_Ohio), [Wickliffe](/source/Wickliffe%2C_Ohio). [Eastlake](/source/Eastlake%2C_Ohio), [Fairport Harbor](/source/Fairport_Harbor%2C_Ohio), [Madison](/source/Madison%2C_Ohio) and other Lake County destinations.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=EcoCity Cleveland |title=Transportation choices  |url=https://www.ecocitycleveland.org/transportation/carfree/other_transit_chap_3.html |date=April 18, 2007 |accessdate=2007-04-18}}</ref> In {{American transit ridership|annualdate}}, the system had a ridership of {{American transit ridership|OH Grand River total annual}}, or about {{American transit ridership|OH Grand River total daily}} per weekday as of {{American transit ridership|dailydateasof}}.

Laketran was established as the [Regional Transit Authority](/source/Greater_Cleveland_Regional_Transit_Authority) for Lake County in 1974.  Laketran's services include local Routes 1–14, Park-n-Ride Routes 10–13, [commuter express routes](/source/park_and_ride) to [downtown Cleveland](/source/downtown_Cleveland), and Dial-a-Ride, a door-to-door demand response [paratransit](/source/paratransit) service.

Laketran is funded by a 0.5% [sales tax](/source/sales_tax), fare revenue, Federal aid for capital expenses, and State assistance.

Laketran received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the [American Public Transportation Association](/source/American_Public_Transportation_Association) (APTA) for systems carrying more than one million passengers annually, twice: in 2000 <ref>{{cite press release|publisher=American Public Transportation Association |date=September 26, 2000 |title=Transit Industry Awards Presented At APTA Annual Meeting |url=http://www.apta.com/news/releases/awards2000.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010414195223/http://www.apta.com/news/releases/awards2000.htm |accessdate=2007-04-18 |archivedate=April 14, 2001 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and 2005.<ref>{{cite web |title=2005 APTA Public Transportation Award Winners  |publisher=American Public Transportation Association |url=http://www.apta.com/media/releases/050928awards_release.cfm |date=March 6, 2006 |accessdate=2007-04-18 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061023164034/http://www.apta.com/media/releases/050928awards_release.cfm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2006-10-23}}</ref>  Laketran connects to [Greater Cleveland RTA](/source/Greater_Cleveland_Regional_Transit_Authority) at Shoregate Shopping Center (Route #39) and at East 276th Street and [Euclid Avenue](/source/Euclid_Avenue_(Cleveland%2C_Ohio)) (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: 5am-9pm, Saturday: 6am-9pm, and Sunday Dial-A-Ride only: 7am-7pm. Laketran is open on Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Columbus Day and Veterans Day and closed for the remaining federal holidays.

== Routes ==
*30px – Painesville, Mentor, [Great Lakes Mall](/source/Great_Lakes_Mall), Lakeland Community College
*30px – Mentor, Willoughby, Wickliffe, Euclid
*30px – Great Lakes Mall, Lakeland Community College, Mentor – Wickliffe
*30px – Madison, Painesville
*30px – Fairport & Painesville Circulators
*30px – Shops of Willoughby Hills, Shoregate, Lakeland Community College, Great Lakes Mall via Vine St.
*30px – Campus Loop
*30px – Mentor, Mentor-on-the-Lake, Mentor Headlands, Painesville Township
*30px – Painesville, Diamond Centre, Heisley Rd, Tyler Blvd, Great Lakes Mall, Lakeland Community College
*30px – Mentor Market Street Park-n-Ride
*30px – Madison Park-n-Ride, Lakeland Community College Park-n-Ride
*30px – Eastlake Transit Center, St. Mary Magdalene, Shoregate, Wickliffe Park-n-Ride
*30px – Painesville Township Park-n-Ride, Mentor Park-n-Ride, Wickliffe Park-n-Ride, University Circle
*30px – Storm Shuttle

==See also==
*[List of bus transit systems in the United States](/source/List_of_bus_transit_systems_in_the_United_States)

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Laketran}}
* {{Official website}}

{{Ohio public transit}}

Category:Bus transportation in Ohio
Category:Transportation in Cleveland
Category:Transportation in Lake County, Ohio
Category:Transport companies established in 1974
Category:Transit agencies in Ohio
Category:1974 establishments in Ohio

{{Ohio-transport-stub}}

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