Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority (LANTA)

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www.lantabus.com 

The Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority (LANTA) was created in 1972 and serves the Easton, Allentown, and Bethlehem areas in Northampton and Lehigh Counties.  LANTA also provides contracted service for Carbon County Community Transit, such as the LYNX.

Today, LANTA's 35ft and 40ft Metro buses operate on 17 daytime city routes, 7 suburban routes, 7 school routes and the Silverline Express route.  In the evening, there is the Starlight and Night Owl service that provides evening service for the area.  On Saturdays, the Slater Express Van brings area residents to Palmer Park Mall.

Metro Bus Fleet (click for pictures)

All time Roster

1. LANTA also had retained 3 inactive 1989 Orion Is (8941, 8944, 8932) with the Detroit Diesel 6v71 hooked up to a Voith transmission, these three buses were moved off of the property in 2007. 
2. The LYNX service uses 2007 Starcraft Allstar 24 Passenger Body cutaway with a Chevy C5500 Chassis.
3. Purchased from SEPTA in 1998