Citylink is a

public transportation Public transport (also known as public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) are forms of transport available to the general public. It typically uses a fixed schedule, route and charges a fixed fare. There is no rigid definition of whi ...

service in parts of

Kootenai County, Idaho Kootenai County ( ) is located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, its population was 171,362, making it the third-most populous county in Idaho and the largest in North Idaho, the county accounting for 45.4% of the region's ...

. 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 13 hours a day, six days a week. Patrons are not charged a fare on Citylink buses. Citylink is funded by the

Coeur d'Alene Tribe The Coeur d'Alene Tribe ( ; also Skitswish; ) are a Native American tribe and one of five federally recognized tribes in the state of Idaho. The Coeur d'Alene have sovereign control of their Coeur d'Alene Reservation, which includes a significa ...

Kootenai County Kootenai County ( ) is located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 171,362, making it the third-most populous county in Idaho and the largest in Idaho Panhandle, North Idaho, the cou ...

, Kootenai Health, and the

Federal Transit Administration The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is an agency within the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) that provides financial and technical assistance to local public transportation systems. The FTA is one of ten modal administration ...

. The agency's bus fleet consists of 20 buses that can seat up to 33 passengers and are equipped with

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s and bicycle racks.

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

Citylink began operating on November 1, 2005, funded primarily by a $1.38 million

grant that was matched by the

. 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. The permanent Riverstone Transit Center opened in 2019, with public restrooms and a reception area. Extension of Spokane Transit Authority service into

Idaho Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...

, mainly an hourly

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from Coeur d'Alene to

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, was proposed as part of the 2015 "STA Moving Forward"

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, 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

External links

* Transit agencies in Idaho Bus transportation in Idaho Transportation in Kootenai County, Idaho {{Idaho-transport-stub