Laketran

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name = Laketran

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image_caption = Laketran New Flyer C35LF
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founded = 1974
headquarters = 555 Lakeshore Boulevard
Painesville, Ohio 44077
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service_area = Lake County
service_type = Bus
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website = [http://www.laketran.com www.laketran.com]

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. [cite web |publisher=EcoCity Cleveland |title=Transportation choices |url=http://www.ecocitycleveland.org/transportation/carfree/other_transit_chap_3.html |date=April 18, 2007 |accessdate=2007-04-18]

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 quarter of a percent sales tax. Laketran received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) for systems carrying fewer than one million passengers annually, twice: in 2000 [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=http://web.archive.org/web/20010414195223/www.apta.com/news/releases/awards2000.htm |accessdate=2007-04-18 |archivedate=2001-04-14] and 2005. [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] 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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External links

* [http://www.laketran.com/ Laketran]