Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority (LANTA) is seeking $701,727 from NorCo in 2026, and Executive Lamont McClure has proposed $701,800.
Exec. Director Owen O'Neill explained that this money is leveraged to obtain much larger grants from the state and federal government to operate and maintain our region's buses.
Funding for LANTA is based on the amount of service provided to each county. 57% of LANTA's bus system serves Lehigh County, while only 43% serves NorCo.
Although funding is uncertain as a result of a state budget impasse, O'Neill noted that SEPTA and Pittsburgh have been approved by PennDOT for flex funding, and LANTA has applied for this as well. If this application fails, O'Neill said there would likely be a 20% reduction in service in January. He also said fare increases have gone into effect. "We have tried to keep them stable as long as we can," he observed, adding that fares had not gone up since 2014.
10 comments:
Don't care. Stop making me pay for it. I live in a township that never sees a LANTA bus. The nearest bus stop is 4 miles away. I guess LANTA thinks I'm rich and don't need transportation.
The Lanta exec makes around 180,00 a year. What does his benefits cost? Start making sacrifices.
Typical MAGA. Guess we should shut down schools, hospitals, and fire departments too, because not everyone needs them everyday.
Dismissing something because it doesn't serve you directly i how communities stop working for those who need them the most.
Empty busses driving around all day. Might be cheaper to give everybody Uber vouchers.
and you're a typical left nutwing
I blame the Russians.
Becky is highly intelligent and a superior planner. She is a bit too cautious, but that comes with being really smart. Becky is a terrible Executive. She’s a Human Resources nightmare, and her financial management of the LVPC is atrocious. She’s built her Taj Mahal of a Triple Net office in a Jaindal building and now wants the taxpayers of BOTH Counties to bail her out. Kraft is right. Vote, “No.”
He makes a lot more than that…
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He also said fare increases have gone into effect. "We have tried to keep them stable as long as we can," he observed, adding that fares had not gone up since 2014.
WHAT??? Fares haven’t been raised since 2014? And they’re looking for taxpayers to bail them out? Hell NO!
I’ll pay more for LANTA riders when I can go back to what I was paying in taxes (all of them) in 2014.
Well it sounded like most of the NorCo fire departments dont have working radios. Something to do with the County going to a new system and all departments need updated radios to work at a cost of $12k per radio.
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