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LexTran outlines clean-fuel fleet progress, service gaps and microtransit feasibility
Summary
LexTran General Manager Fred Combs told the committee that the agency has increased CNG capacity, added vehicles and is studying microtransit, a downtown circulator and bus rapid transit while continuing service improvements and paratransit reforms.
Fred Combs, general manager of LexTran, told the Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee on April 22 that the agency has advanced clean-fuel vehicle purchases, doubled CNG fueling capacity and is pursuing technology and planning efforts to improve service and reduce emissions.
Combs said LexTran now runs about half of its fixed-route fleet on compressed natural gas (CNG), has installed solar lighting at select bus stops and has expanded CNG fueling and CNG maintenance capacity. He said the agency placed 10 new paratransit vehicles into service this year and acquired six fixed-route CNG buses; 10 additional fixed-route buses are on order (six CNG and four electric), and a capital plan includes 10 paratransit cutaway vehicles.
On service, Combs said LexTran operates 25 fixed routes 365 days a year between roughly 5:30 a.m. and 12:30 a.m. He said about 54% of Fayette County households are within a quarter-mile of a bus stop, and about 80% of…
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