{"id":119696,"date":"2023-06-16T22:02:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T02:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=119696"},"modified":"2023-06-16T22:02:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T02:02:33","slug":"lanta-to-introduce-first-ever-15-minute-service-as-part-of-enhanced-bus-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=119696","title":{"rendered":"LANTA TO INTRODUCE FIRST-EVER 15-MINUTE SERVICE AS PART OF ENHANCED BUS SERVICE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rapid Transit Gains Speed in Lehigh Valley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Allentown, PA (061623) &#8212; LANTA will reach its long-time goal Monday (June 19) of offering fifteen-minute service on a major corridor in the Lehigh Valley. With the development of the Authority\u2019s Enhance Bus Service (EBS) in 2020 the Valley enjoyed Rapid Transit Service for the first time. The newly re-designed EBS routes, designated Blue Route and Green Route, will run together through much of Allentown and Bethlehem with buses arriving every fifteen minutes, a first in Lehigh Valley transit history.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Route runs between Trexlertown and Easton, while the Green Route operates from Whitehall to Bethlehem\u2019s Southside Station.\u00a0 \u201cEBS offers faster commutes with fewer stops and upgraded amenities,\u201d said Executive Director Owen O\u2019Neil. \u201cFuture developments in our EBS service will focus on amenities like shelters and real-time information that will further enhance the bus rider experience,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Further information on the LANTA system is available at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lantabus.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.lantabus.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1687025583461000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2g5-mxAkoPhnnvJM0SeStZ\">www.lantabus.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nChuck Genna<br \/>\nMedia Relations Coordinator<br \/>\nLehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rapid Transit Gains Speed in Lehigh Valley Allentown, PA (061623) &#8212; LANTA will reach its long-time goal Monday (June 19) of offering fifteen-minute service on a major corridor in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=119696\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LANTA TO INTRODUCE FIRST-EVER 15-MINUTE SERVICE AS PART OF ENHANCED BUS SERVICE<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/lanta.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/119697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}