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Citylink (Idaho)

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Locale
  
Kootenai County, Idaho

Annual ridership
  
224,538

Headquarters
  
Coeur d'Alene

Fleet
  
20

Stops
  
150

Hubs
  
2

Website
  
idahocitylink.com

Motto
  
Reliable. Efficient. Free

Routes
  
5

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Slogan
  
Reliable. Efficient. Free.

Commenced operation
  
November 1, 2005 (2005-11-01)

Citylink is a public transportation service in parts of Kootenai County, Idaho. The agency operates five bus routes in urbanized areas of the county, including the cities of Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls, that run for 16 hours a day, seven days a week. Patrons are not charged a fare on Citylink buses. Citylink is funded by the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Kootenai County, Kootenai Health, and the Federal Transit Administration. The agency's bus fleet consists of 20 buses that can seat up to 33 passengers and are equipped with wheelchair lifts and bicycle racks.

Contents

Routes

  • Urban Route B – Serves Post Falls, Hayden and West Coeur d'Alene.
  • Urban Route C – Serves Downtown Coeur d'Alene, Fernan and Hayden.
  • Rural Route – Serves the towns of Worley, Plummer, Tensed and DeSmet.
  • Link Route – Connects the two transfer stations at Riverstone and Worley.
  • Plummer Express – Peak-only commuter service connecting Coeur d’Alene and Plummer
  • History

    Citylink began operating on November 1, 2005, funded primarily by a $1.38 million Federal Transit Administration grant that was matched by the Coeur d'Alene Tribe.

    Budget cuts in April 2012 caused a major restructure in Citylink service, including the elimination of a route to State Line, the addition of 125 stops to the system, increased frequencies on services operating out of Riverstone, and the elimination of one-way loops on urban routes B and C.

    Extension of Spokane Transit Authority service into Idaho, mainly an hourly express bus from Coeur d'Alene to Spokane, was proposed as part of the 2015 "STA Moving Forward" ballot measure, which failed to pass. This was again proposed in 2016, as part of the "Proposition 1" ballot measure, which successfully passed. Service is expected to commence in 2025.

    References

    Citylink (Idaho) Wikipedia