CLEVELAND, Ohio — Laketran and Geauga Transit have secured a combined $2.3 million in state grant funding to expand cross-county public transportation and improve job access for residents in Lake and Geauga counties.

The award — one of the largest in the latest distribution of the Ohio Department of Transportation’s Workforce Mobility Program — includes a $2 million grant to help the agencies design and launch new shared routes aimed at connecting workers to job sites across county lines, Laketran officials said.

The funding builds on the 2023 debut of Geauga Transit’s “Wheels to Work” program, created with a prior round of Workforce Mobility grants. That initiative has already increased Geauga Transit ridership by 16%, according to the agencies.

Laketran CEO Ben Capelle said the newest

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