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Greater Peoria Mass Transit District - Wikipedia

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CityLink

CityLink station in downtown Peoria
Parent	Greater Peoria Mass Transit District
Founded	May 4, 1970^[1]
Headquarters	2105 NE Jefferson St.
Locale	Peoria, Illinois
Service area	Peoria County, Illinois Tazewell County, Illinois
Service type	bus service; paratransit; rural transportation
Routes	18
Daily ridership	5,400 (weekdays, Q2 2024)^[2]
Annual ridership	1,923,700 (2023)^[3]
Fuel type	Diesel, hybrid, electric
Operator	First Transit (CityLink)^[1] Transdev (CityLift, CountyLink)
Chief executive	Doug Roelfs
Website	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.^[4] It was established in 1970^[1] and, prior to adopting the name CityLink, it was known as GPTransit. Regularly scheduled fixed route bus service is operated under the name CityLink, with the paratransit service being CityLift, and rural transportation service being CountyLink.^[5] In 2023, the system had a ridership of 1,923,700, or about 5,400 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2024.

History

Public Transit in Peoria began in 1870 with horse-drawn streetcars. Between 1889 and 1892, these were replaced by electric streetcars. The first buses were introduced in 1923 and from 1931 on trolleybuses were operated as well. The last streetcars and trolleybuses ran in 1946, being replaced by diesel buses. Greater Peoria Mass Transit District was formed in 1970 to take over operations of the struggling privately run bus service.^[6]

In 1991, GP Transit became the first transit system in the country to test an ethanol powered bus. GP Transit was rebranded as CityLink in 2000, and soon after, in 2003, a new transit center was opened in downtown Peoria. On June 8, 2014, CityLink began offering Sunday service for the first time, which helped lead to fiscal year 2015 having the highest ever ridership for the system, at 3,420,705 riders.^[7]

CityLink unveiled its first three electric buses in September 2021.The buses were manufactured by Proterra, Inc. and funded by a federal grant and lawsuit settlement.^[8]

Routes

CityLink operates 18 fixed routes in Peoria County and Tazewell County, Illinois, including one "intercity" route between the main network and the Pekin, Illinois network.^[9]^[10]

1 University
2 North Adams
3 Northwest Peoria
4 Sheridan
5 West Peoria
7 John Gwynn
8 East Peoria / Sunnyland
10 Forrest Hill
11 Western
12 Heights
13 South Adams
14 Wisconsin
15 Lincoln
17 Pekin North
18 Pekin South
20 ICC Express
23 Pekin Connector

Peoria Transit Center

The Peoria Transit Center serves as the primary hub for CityLink, located at 407 SW Adams Street in downtown Peoria. It was completed in 2003 and remodeled in 2019–2020.^[7]^[11] The center has an indoor waiting area, covered transfer area and ticket sales.^[12] In addition to CityLink, Burlington Trailways intercity buses also serve the facility.^[13]

Fixed route ridership

The ridership statistics shown here are of fixed route services only and do not include demand response. ^[14]

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
^ "Transit Ridership Report Second Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
^ "Trustees & Board Meeting". Peoria, Illinois: Greater Peoria Mass Transit District. 2009-09-14. Archived from the original on 2008-07-03.
^ "CityLift". Peoria, Illinois: Greater Peoria Mass Transit District. 2009-08-05. Archived from the original on 2008-07-03. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
^ "Transit Systems in Illinois". Retrieved September 5, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "History". Retrieved September 5, 2022.
^ "CityLink unveils three new Proterra battery-electric buses". September 9, 2021. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
^ CityLink Schedule and Maps Archived 2007-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Schedules & Routes". CityLink | Greater Peoria Mass Transit District. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
^ Ali Reid (September 9, 2019). "CityLink begins phase one of downtown Peoria Transit Center". Retrieved September 5, 2022.
^ "Transit Center". Retrieved September 5, 2022.
^ "Illinois stops". Retrieved September 5, 2022.
^ "The National Transit Database (NTD)". Retrieved January 15, 2023.

Peoria, Illinois

Education

K-12	Peoria Public Schools Manual HS Peoria HS Richwoods HS Peoria Heights CUSD 325 Dunlap CUSD 323 Limestone CUHSD 310 Peoria Notre Dame High School
Tertiary	Bradley University Methodist College

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria

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