Public transportation service in Idaho, US
Citylink is a public transportation service in parts of Kootenai County, Idaho . The agency operates six 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.[ 2] Coeur d'Alene Tribe , Kootenai County , Kootenai Health , and the Federal Transit Administration .[ 3] wheelchair lifts and bicycle racks .[ 4]
Routes
Urban Route A – Serves Coeur d'Alene
Urban Route B – Serves Post Falls
Urban Route C – Serves 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
Riverstone Transit Center in 2019 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 .[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
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.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
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.[ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
References
^ "Kootenai County (KC)" (PDF) . National Transit Database . Federal Transit Administration . Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015 .^ "Citylink: Reliable. Efficient. Free" . Citylink. Retrieved December 2, 2015 .^ Carr, Geoff (September 8, 2015). "C'mon and take a free ride" . Coeur d'Alene Press . Retrieved December 2, 2015 . ^ "Appendix B: Citylink Fleet Roster" (PDF) . Kootenai MPO Public Transportation Plan Update Final Report . Kootenai Metropolitan Planning Organization . August 2012. p. 111. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015 .^ Rotunno, Nick (November 9, 2010). "Citylink celebrates five years" . Coeur d'Alene Press . Retrieved December 2, 2015 . ^ "Kootenai County Coordinated Public Transit Human Services Transportation Plan" (PDF) . Kootenai Metropolitan Planning Organization. June 7, 2007. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015 .^ Drumheller, Susan (November 4, 2005). "CityLink bus service gets rolling" . The Spokesman-Review B1 – B2 . Retrieved December 2, 2015 . ^ KMPO Staff (March 14, 2012). "Kootenai County - CITYLINK SERVICE REDUCTION - Summary Sheet - FAQ's" . KMPO Transportation Blog . Kootenai Metropolitan Planning Organization. Retrieved December 2, 2015 . ^ Warren, Alecia (April 25, 2012). "Citylink services cut" . Coeur d'Alene Press . Retrieved December 2, 2015 . ^ Thomas, Virginia (August 2, 2018). "Transit center in works at Riverstone in Cd'A" . Spokane Journal of Business . Retrieved August 18, 2020 . ^ Prager, Mike (January 29, 2015). "Coeur d'Alene bus service is part of STA tax request" . The Spokesman-Review . Retrieved December 2, 2015 . ^ Cole, David (January 30, 2015). "Waiting for the bus" . Coeur d'Alene Press . Retrieved December 2, 2015 . ^ Kelety, Josh (March 5, 2020). "With ridership declining, we hop on the bus with one big question in mind: Where is the STA headed?" . Inlander . Retrieved August 13, 2020 .
External links
Transit
Spokane Transit Authority Citylink
Streets and Highways Trails Airports Rail Italics denote projects which are planned, under construction, or otherwise not operating at the present time.
