SUN JOURNAL • August 5, 2024
The Maine Department of Transportation’s new commuter bus service linking Lewiston, Auburn and Portland, called LAP, is in its third week of operation, with several daily trips between the three cities. The pilot bus service is set to run for at least two years. In June, Concord Coach Lines stopped service out of Lewiston. Almost a month later, LAP came along to attract some of the hundreds of workers who commute between Lewiston, Auburn and Portland daily. The pilot service has already left some passengers feeling frustrated with buses running behind schedule and sometimes not showing up at all. As of Monday, the times on the website were not accurate and not updated, the buses do not have GPS trackers on them, at least four of the six stops on the LAP’s route were unmarked.