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LexTran will maintain regular weekday service on Juneteenth, June 19, with customer service windows open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., while Lexington hosts a full week of community celebrations.
Lexington activated Phase 1 of its Heat Plan on June 10 as heat index forecasts reach 95 degrees, offering free LexTran rides to cooling centers and opening multiple facilities to help vulnerable residents beat the heat.
Lextran has launched a 2026 Call for Artists seeking local creatives to design public artworks for four bus shelters on Versailles Road, with selected artists receiving $2,500 honorariums each.
Lextran's Downtown Transit Center will close tonight from 7 p.m. for approximately three hours due to scheduled power maintenance, though all bus service will continue as normal.
Lextran is hosting four public meetings this week to gather community feedback on updates to the Wheels paratransit rider guide, with sessions scheduled at various Lexington locations.
Lextran is adjusting four bus routes beginning May 10, 2026, to improve reliability and timeliness, with schedule changes and service expansions that remain open to public feedback through May 4.
Lextran launched LexRide on April 2, 2026, a new seasonal downtown circulator bus service connecting the Distillery District, Warehouse Block, and downtown Lexington. The $1-per-ride service operates Thursday through Saturday from 4 p.m. to midnight through October as a pilot program.
Lextran has returned all bus routes to regular service after operating under its winter snow plan. The transit authority maintains detailed information about route schedules on its website.
Lextran completed scheduled maintenance on its real-time tracking systems Tuesday morning, briefly disrupting the MyStop app and other digital services, though all bus routes continued operating normally.
Lextran's Board of Directors meeting scheduled for January 28 has been postponed due to extreme weather conditions affecting the Lexington region.
Lextran's Downtown Transit Center reopened Tuesday after eight months of renovations, the first major update since the facility opened 34 years ago. The $3 million locally-funded project added real-time screens, improved restrooms and customer service amenities to serve the nearly 20,000 weekly riders.
Lextran will operate regular service on MLK Day, January 19, but numerous routes will detour starting at 12:30 p.m. to accommodate Lexington's annual Freedom March, which begins at 1 p.m. downtown.
Lextran will operate on a modified schedule Christmas Day with 12 routes suspended and reduced hours on remaining routes, with service running from mid-morning through evening.
Lextran will offer free rides on Thanksgiving Day and provide modified service with reduced hours on Christmas and New Year's Day, with specific routes unavailable on each holiday.