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CityLink is Collaborating with the Peoria PlayHouse Children’s Museum in June to Provide Passengers with a Chance for Free Admission
CityLink and the Peoria PlayHouse Children’s Museum are partnering for the month of June to offer a free entry opportunity for CityLink, CityLift, CountyLink and Benefit Access passengers who present a bus pass or ticket for one of these services. Passengers simply show their bus pass/ticket at the museum’s admission desk to gain free general […]
Posted: May 15, 2025 | View More »
CityLink is Set to Implement Schedule Enhancements to Improve its Bus Service Starting June 1, 2025
CityLink will implement several route and schedule enhancements to its fixed-route bus service starting June 1, 2025. While some routes will experience only minor timing adjustments, these changes will help maintain the efficiency of our transportation system for all passengers. Routes being improved are the following: • 1. University • 3. Northwest Peoria • 5. […]
Posted: May 12, 2025 | View More »
CityLink to Celebrate 16th Annual Jerome Lilly Passenger Appreciation Day on April 17
On Thursday, April 17, 2025, CityLink will celebrate its 16th Annual Passenger Appreciation Day to honor Jerome Lilly by providing free rides to passengers all day on CityLink fixed-route buses, CityLift paratransit vehicles and CountyLink rural transportation vehicles. Jerome Lilly, who was a beloved General Manager of CityLink, passed away unexpectedly in 2007. Passenger Appreciation […]
Posted: March 24, 2025 | View More »
CityLink is Collaborating with the Peoria Riverfront Museum in April to Provide Passengers with a Chance for Free Admission
CityLink and the Peoria Riverfront Museum are partnering for the month of April to offer a free entry opportunity for CityLink, CityLift, CountyLink and Benefit Access passengers who present a bus pass or ticket for one of these services. Passengers simply show their bus pass/ticket at the museum’s admission desk to gain free general entry […]
Posted: March 11, 2025 | View More »
CityLink Driver Builds Custom Cars and Breeds Bulldogs
Jay is a man of many talents and certainly keeps busy when he isn’t driving buses for CityLink. When he’s not behind the wheel, he can be found working on a very unique type of car that was immortalized in the 80’s. The MWI Interceptor vehicle was made famous in the 1980’s movie, “The Wraith” […]
Posted: March 11, 2025 | View More »
New Location for GPMTD Board Meetings
Effective March 6, 2025, The Greater Peoria Mass Transit District Board of Trustees now conducts its meetings at the newly opened CityLink administration headquarters, located at 129 Van Buren Street. To reach our office located at 129 Van Buren St., take Jefferson Avenue and make a right onto Van Buren St. The public entrance for […]
Posted: March 6, 2025 | View More »
GPMTD Staff Transition to the New CityLink Administration Building
Effective March 3, 2025, CityLink administration offices currently situated at 2105 NEJefferson Ave. will be operating from its new office building at 129 Van Buren St., Peoria IL61603. Driving directions to our 129 Van Buren St. would be via Jefferson Ave. and a right turn onVan Buren St. Public entrance to CityLink Administration Offices would […]
Posted: February 27, 2025 | View More »
CityLink Honoring Rosa Parks on Feb. 4 and Celebrating Black History Month with Bus Signage
CityLink is continuing its tradition of honoring Civil Rights pioneer Rosa Parks on February 4, 2025, by reserving a seat in her honor on each fixed-route bus on her birthday. Parks famously refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated transit bus in Montgomery, Alabama on December 1, 1955, which became […]
Posted: February 4, 2025 | View More »
Culinary Cuisine at CityLink
Something is being cooked up at CityLink, and it’s none other than Stephanie Alexander’s catering business, Smothers! Stephanie’s passion for cooking has been with her since childhood. At just five years old, her mother introduced her to the kitchen, sparking a lifelong journey with food. The first dish she remembers making was cornbread, and from […]
Posted: January 10, 2025 | View More »
37th Annual Stuff-A-Bus Food Drive Wraps Up with 10 Tons of Donations Collected
The 37th Annual Stuff-A-Bus food drive to benefit the Peoria Friendship House of Christian Service officially wrapped up on Friday, November 29. The campaign began on October 18 and concluded with a press conference at the Peoria Friendship House of Christian Service on Tuesday, December 3 to announce the total weight of the food collected during […]
Posted: December 3, 2024 | View More »