Greater Peoria Mass Transit District

CityLink
Parent Greater Peoria Mass Transit District
Founded 1970[1]
Headquarters 2105 NE Jefferson St.
Locale Peoria, Illinois
Service area Peoria County, Illinois
Tazewell County, Illinois
Service type bus service; paratransit
Routes 21
Lounge 407 SW Adams St.
Annual ridership 3,026,541 (July 2008–June 2009)
Fuel type Diesel
Operator First Transit (CityLink)[1]
MV Transportation (CityLift)
Website www.ridecitylink.org

The Greater Peoria Mass Transit District is a mass transit district based in Peoria, Illinois; the district itself also includes Peoria Heights and West Peoria.[2] It was established in 1970[1] and, prior to adopting the name CityLink, it was known as GPTransit. Regularly scheduled bus service is operated under the name CityLink, with the paratransit service being CityLift.[3]

Routes

CityLink operates 21 routes in Peoria County and Tazewell County, Illinois, including one "intercity" route between the main network and the Pekin, Illinois network.[4]

  • 1 University
  • 2 Monroe
  • 3 Parkview
  • 4 Knoxville
  • 5 Main
  • 6 Sheridan
  • 7 Garden
  • 8 E. Peoria/Sunnyland
  • 9 E. Peoria/East Side
  • 10 Sterling
  • 11 Western
  • 12 Heights
  • 13 South Adams
  • 14 Wisconsin
  • 15 Lincoln
  • 16 Northwest Express
  • 17 Pekin North
  • 18 Pekin South
  • 19 Bartonville Express
  • 20 ICC Express
  • 23 Peoria to Pekin

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Greater Peoria Mass Transit District (CityLink) Announces Extension of First Transit, Inc Contract" (PDF) (Press release). Peoria, Illinois: Greater Peoria Mass Transit District. 2009-07-14.
  2. ↑ "Trustees & Board Meeting". Peoria, Illinois: Greater Peoria Mass Transit District. 2009-09-14.
  3. ↑ "CityLift". Peoria, Illinois: Greater Peoria Mass Transit District. 2009-08-05.
  4. ↑ CityLink Schedule and Maps


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