Fort Wayne Citilink

The Fort Wayne Public Transportation Corporation (FWPTC), branded as Citilink, is the public transportation operator for the metro area of Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana. Transportation is provided Monday through Saturday on twelve fixed route lines plus two deviation routes. Citilink does not operate on Sundays and six holidays.

Citilink initiated efforts to develop an improved Downtown Transit Station in 2002. A site selection process identified a parking lot on Barr Street between Washington & Jefferson as optimum. After years of effort and preliminary design, inability to acquire sufficient property proved to be an insurmountable barrier. Other options were explored, and the decision was made to use property owned by Citilink at Baker & Calhoun, which had served as the south transit terminal several years ago. The facility was redesigned and received federal and local approvals. A construction contract for US$4.4 million has been awarded to Hamilton Hunter Builders. This was completed in September 2012.

The project plans call for a 2,700 square feet (250 m²) building equipped with indoor restrooms, an information center and a drivers lounge. The property will also contain bus bays covered with large canopies to protect waiting passengers from rain and snow. Passengers and neighbors will be able to purchase bus passes, speak with customer service staff, pick up maps and schedules, wait in comfort inside or out, use the restroom, receive electronic messages regarding on-time status of buses and other notifications, enjoy the community park area, listen to musicians, eat lunch from one of the food vendors or vending machines, etc.

One of the benefits of the Baker Street site is the proximity to Fort Wayne's former Amtrak station. While passenger rail has not available in Fort Wayne as of 1990, should it return this placement would allow for an easy transfer. Discussions are underway to encourage Greyhound Lines/intercity bus service to operate out of our new facility and several parking spaces will be dedicated for passenger drop off/pick up for taxi, Countilink, social service, kiss and ride, etc. Bike racks and other amenities are incorporated into the design as well as pedestrian friendly features.

Design features were selected to complement surrounding architecture; red brick to match surrounding buildings, canopies reminiscent of Barr Street Market and the train station, two story building frontage, pouring patterns in sidewalk, decorative lighting, etc. With ridership at nearly two million passenger trips per year, Citilink will bring over 5,000 passengers/day to the station – adding vitality to the surrounding neighborhood.^{[citation needed]}

Debuted in 2009, CampusLink is a free shuttle service for students, faculty, and the general public to travel between the Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne campus and Ivy Tech Community College's Coliseum and North campuses, as well as shopping and residential areas. It is a free shuttle service Monday through Friday 7:30 am – 8:30 pm.

In Summer of 2012: The Citilink say the service will stay for two more years, the funding for this service will be share by IPFW and Ivy Tech until Spring of 2014. The Grant was ending in Spring of 2012. In 2015, the campusLink route was modified to serve primarily Ivy Tech Coliseum & North campus. IPFW funding was not renewed.^{[citation needed]}

In 2015, Citilink annual one way passenger trip ridership was 1,969,599.^{[citation needed]}