Administration. Combined these grants pay approximately 60% of the cost of operation; the remaining funds come through the lottery program and passenger fares. About 2,000 trips are taken each weekday on the Metro Plus paratransit system. A transportation center was established in Bethlehem and centers in Allentown and Easton are under consideration. The agency has grown in more recent years, adding more and more bus routes throughout the Lehigh Valley. Ridership has grown 75% since LANTA's inception. LANta was formerly involved with The Slater Express Van, Silverline Express, and The Bethlehem Loop. The New LANta A new LANtaBus system was introduced in August 2011 that changed the route naming scheme from a letters to one-to-three digits. Routes are broken down into 6 categories (Corresponding to the first digit of the line number) and further broken down into specific routes after that (corresponding to the second and third digit). For example, LANtaBus route 108 is a "trunk" route that offers service from Fountain Hill to the Bethlehem Square Shopping center. LANtaBus route 410 provides service for the Allentown School District and only operates during the school year. New bus stop signs were also introduced throughout the system that lists the routes that operate at the stop (as compared to the old signs that only displayed a picture of a bus and the words "Lanta Metro"). Operations LANTA has three operating divisions: LANtaBus (formerly Metro): The main transit service that is made up of 28 core, fixed bus routes in the Lehigh Valley. Special service routes add another 17 routes to the total. LANtaVan (formerly Metro Plus): A special door-to-door paratransit service for people with disabilities and the elderly. Carbon Transit (CT): A service the Authority agreed to manage in 1996 for Carbon County. Shared ride van services and two fixed-route bus lines comprise the Carbon Transit service. LANTA is also involved with the 400 Routes, which provide school service in Allentown. Eighty buses are in the LANtaBus city transit fleet; 118 vans are used to provide the LANtaVan door-to-door van services. The Authority owns all vehicles. LANTA has two operating facilities: the main office, garage and maintenance building is at 1060 Lehigh Street in Allentown, nd there is a satellite facility located at 3610 Nicholas Street in Easton. Routes LANta previously operated 35 fixed bus routes in its Metro service. Seventeen LANta routes serve the inner city areas of the Lehigh