CityLink Partnering with Local Libraries to Offer Free Rides in September to Library Card Holders

Back by popular demand, the Greater Peoria Mass Transit District (GPMTD) will offer free CityLink bus rides throughout September for Peoria, Peoria Heights, Pekin and East Peoria in honor of National Library Card Sign-up Month. Riders will need to show a library card to ride for free during this period. Students can show their current student ID cards for this free opportunity.

“The Greater Peoria Mass Transit District is pleased to partner with the Peoria Public Library, Peoria Heights Public Library, Fondulac District Library and Pekin Public Library to offer free rides in September to library card holders for the fourth year in a row. Fine Free + Fare Free offers a great opportunity for residents to ride CityLink and to access the public libraries located within our service area.”

~Kofi Kisseh, General Manager, CityLink.

Peoria Public Library, Peoria Heights Public Library, Fondulac District Library and Pekin Public Library offer educational resources and programming to more than 165,000 residents across Peoria, Peoria Heights, East Peoria and Pekin. In September of 2024, CityLink provided 175,800 rides for passengers and had amassed 1,934,339 for their overall ridership on its fixed routes in fiscal year 2024. In addition to promoting National Library Card Sign-Up Month, September is also the 5th anniversary of Peoria and Fondulac libraries going fine free, thus the “Fine Free + Fare Free” promotion.

CityLink schedule and route information is available at ridecitylink.org, and below is the list of routes with service to the participating public libraries.

Peoria Public Libraries

• Main: #10 Forrest Hill, #11 Western, #12 Heights, #14 Wisconsin

• Lincoln: #15 Lincoln

• McClure: #10 Forrest Hill

• Lakeview: #1 University

• North: #1 University

Fondulac District Library

• #8 East Peoria Sunnyland

Peoria Heights Public Library

• #12 Heights

Pekin Public Library

• #18 Pekin South