Lane County
Lane County Transportation Providers
Lane Transit District is a special district of the State of Oregon led by a seven-member volunteer board of directors appointed by Oregon’s governor.
LTD’s budget is funded through a combination of fares, taxes paid by local employers and employees (payroll tax), and from state and federal sources. LTD connects the community by delivering more than 5 million annual passenger boardings from 30-fixed bus routes and two EmX Bus Rapid Transit lines.
RideSource, LTD’s paratransit service, provides more than 250,000 trips annually for people with disabilities and Medicaid recipients. LTD provides services to local employers such as Group Pass and Emergency Ride Home programs. The District operates the Employer Transportation Coordinator Network and regional vanpools traveling up and down the Willamette Valley each week.
LTD’s fixed route service includes 11 neighborhood stations, 1,300 bus stops, 200 fixed route shelters, 60 EmX (BRT) platforms, 22 park and rides and two hub stations located in Eugene and Springfield.
LTD offers several services outside the metro area including an on- demand service in Cottage Grove and commuter services between the Eugene area and Oakridge and the Eugene area and Florence.
LTD’s mission is creating a more connected, sustainable and equitable community. LTD service provides access to jobs, educational opportunities, relief from congestion and reduction of community greenhouse gas emissions. LTD service offers mobility options other than single-occupancy vehicles.
The benefits of a robust public transit system serving our community don’t just accrue for those riding the bus. Our streets are safer and less congested because people have options other than driving.
Lane Transit District (LTD)
How LTD lent a hand during the pandemic
LTD provided system-wide free rides on buses.
LTD employees helped disabled riders unable to wear facemasks accommodate by riding alone with shields during the pandemic.
LTD donated older paratransit vehicles that had met their useful life to Lane County Public Health for use as mobile vaccination units.
LTD hosted multiple vaccination clinics at our main stations.
LTD invested in an evolving campaign called “Don’t Invite COVID” by creating a coalition and sharing information on how to spread the word, not COVID.
Umpqua Public Transportation District (UPTD) operates fixed route, paratransit, commuter route and demand-response Dial A Ride services for approximately 110,000 residents in Douglas County.
UPTD’s service area covers the entire county, encompassing 5,036 square miles of rugged, forested mountains and rivers that extend more than 110 miles from Crater Lake National Park to the Pacific Ocean and more than 70 miles of the I-5 corridor between Lane and Josephine counties.
UPTD is the sole transit system providing critical connections for the county's most vulnerable residents to access work, education, basic needs, medical care and day-to-day shopping. Riders come from small rural communities with as few as 200 residents to the county seat of Roseburg with a population approximately 25,000. Many county residents live near the I-5 corridor. Around 70 percent of residents live within two miles of a UPTD bus stop.
Hourly fixed route bus service is provided along a 23-mile corridor spanning Roseburg, Sutherlin and Winston between 6 am and 8 pm, Monday through Friday.
Complimentary paratransit services for eligible riders are available within three- quarters of an air mile of fixed route service during the same business hours of 6 am to 8 pm.
Saturday service, both fixed route and paratransit, is only provided in Roseburg.
Commuter service is provided from Roseburg to Winston, Dillard, Myrtle Creek, Tri-City, Riddle and Canyonville between 4:50 am and 8 pm, with a total of seven 100-mile round trips daily.
Demand-response Dial A Ride services are provided for older adults and people with disabilities in rural areas on a space-available basis for local rides and to bridge the gap to get riders to bus stops for trips outside of the community. Same-day rides are scheduled on a space available basis giving priority to older adults and people with disabilities.
Umpqua Public Transportation District (UPTD)
Why UPTD service is so vital
After implementing a Free Ride Friday promotion, a woman named Lois called the transit manager to say:
“The $8 I saved in my paratransit fare when I go grocery shopping is enough to buy the chicken meal deal at Fred Meyer. This is my dinner for four days.”
That convinced UPTD to lower its fares.
Residents of Winston and Dillard expressed elation with added service. Marcus said:
“Thanks for adding the new times. We were able to catch a bus in town in the am and return home by noon. Just amazing.
“We met friends today who, like us, took the bus to enjoy a walk at Ford’s Pond in Sutherlin.”