Author Archives: Alan Jones

Lextran earned the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Health and Safety Commitment (HSC) seal by fulfilling the highest industry commitments for keeping transit safe during COVID-19. APTA asked more than 2,200 passengers what would make them feel safe riding public transportation. Based on those responses, the industry identified four key areas that transit systems need …

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Lextran announced today that General Manager Carrie Butler will depart the organization on Sept. 16. Butler will continue her career in public transportation as the Executive Director of the Transit Authority of River City (TARC) in Louisville, KY. Jill Barnett, Lextran’s current assistant general manager, is expected to be named acting General Manager. Barnett has …

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Welcome back, Wildcats! We realize that it may have been a while since you have been riding with Lextran. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic we have made a few changes to our service. Please check out all the reminders below to get reacquainted with us. Masks are required on board all Lextran buses and at …

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Lextran will offer a free shuttle from the Downtown Transit Center to Fayette County’s sole polling location, Kroger Field, for the Primary Election on June 23. The first shuttle will depart Bay 6 of the Downtown Transit Center at 6:00 a.m. It will depart thereafter every 15-20 minutes. The last shuttle will depart Kroger Field …

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The IVR (Interactive Voice Response system, 244-2020) will no longer be active as of Monday, June 29th. The number will be redirected to Customer Service during business hours and will play an automated message outside of those hours. To obtain schedule information customers can use our app (MyStop Mobile), Text for Next (LX+stop number to 321-123), …

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The sanitary sewer replacement project underway by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government is advancing further into the University of Kentucky campus area. Starting Monday, March 9, a portion of Avenue of Champions will be reduced to one lane. This will impact service for Route 14 – UK Blue and Route 27 – UK Yellow. Route …

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