page_title: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
section_title: Public transportation
hierarchical_section_title: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho / Infrastructure / Transportation / Public transportation
caption_attribution_description: English: Sternwheeler Amelia Wheaton, on Lake Coeur d'Alene, sometime between 1878 and 1892.
context_page_description: Coeur d'Alene is the largest city and county seat of Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. It is the principal city of the Coeur d'Alene Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2019, the United States Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 52,414. The city is a satellite city of Spokane, which is located about thirty miles to the west, in the state of Washington. The two cities are the key components of the Spokane–Coeur d'Alene combined statistical area, of which Coeur d'Alene is the third-largest city. Coeur d'Alene is the largest city in North Idaho. The city is situated on the north shore of the 25-mile long Lake Coeur d'Alene. Locally, Coeur d'Alene is known as the "Lake City," or simply called by its initials: "CDA."
  The city is named after the Coeur d'Alene People, a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans who lived along the rivers and lakes of the region, in a territory of 5,500 square miles extending into Washington and Montana. The origins of the city began with being a fort town; General William Tecumseh Sherman sited what became known as Fort Sherman on the north shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene in 1878.
context_section_description: Public transportation played a significant role in Coeur d'Alenes' early growth as a tourist destination. When an interurban electric railroad line was completed in 1903 from Spokane to the city, Inland Northwest residents often flocked to Lake Coeur d'Alene to enjoy being on the lake and going on steamboat cruises and other activities. The interurban electric line would later become the Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad. The steamboats on Lake Coeur d'Alene were not only used to transport goods such as ore and timber, but also people. More steamboats operated on Lake Coeur d’Alene than on any other lake west of the Great Lakes and there were intense rivalries between the steamboat lines. Steam navigation on Lake Coeur d'Alene lasted from the 1880s to the 1930s.
  Today, free public bus service is available to area residents, provided by Citylink. Citylink buses operate in the urbanized area of Kootenai County, leaving the Riverstone Transfer Station every sixty minutes, seven days a week, including holidays. Buses are wheelchair-accessible and can transport up to two bicycles.
  The bus system comprises four separate routes:
  Urban Route B which serves Post Falls, Hayden and West Coeur d'Alene, Urban Route C which serves Downtown Coeur d'Alene, Fernan and Hayden, Rural Route, which serves the towns of Worley, Plummer, Tensed, and De Smet; and the Link Route, which connects the two transfer stations at Riverstone and Worley.
  Extension of Spokane Transit Authority service into Idaho, mainly an hourly express bus to and from Coeur d'Alene, was originally proposed as part of the 2015 "STA Moving Forward" ballot measure, the ballot measure eventually passed and service is expected to commence in 2025.
caption: Amelia Wheaton steamboat docked on Lake CDA, ca. 1885
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