Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation

Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation (CityBus)

250px CityBus (Diesel Gillig) #1301 on the Purdue University campus in West Lafayette, Indiana, July 2006.
Founded	1971
Headquarters	1250 Canal Rd
Locale	Lafayette, IN
Service area	Lafayette, West Lafayette & Purdue University
Service type	Local bus and paratransit
Routes	24
Stops	About 1,000
Hubs	Riehle Plaza in Lafayette
Fleet	79 vehicles
Annual ridership	5,271,218 (2014)
Fuel type	Diesel, CNG
Chief executive	Martin Sennett, General Manager
Website	GoCityBus

The Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation (GLPTC) is a municipal corporation founded in 1971 that provides bus services in Tippecanoe County, Indiana under the operating name of CityBus.

History

In 1970 the privately owned Greater Lafayette Bus Company abruptly ceased operations and the City of Lafayette hastily assumed operation of the bus routes. Since the routes operated in West Lafayette in addition to Lafayette, a funding mechanism that allowed the use of tax revenues from both cities was needed. GLPTC was formed to operate city bus services in the two cities and select surrounding areas of Tippecanoe County. GLPTC receives funding from the federal government, the State of Indiana and property taxes levied in the service areas. In 1998 GLPTC began using the operating name CityBus.

Current operations

The corporation's budget for 2007 was $9 million, with approximately $1.9 million coming from farebox collections, pass sales, charters and other services. As of 2015 the CityBus fleet consists of 79 buses including paratransit buses, twelve CNG buses, and twentey-four hybrid diesel-electric buses. Three more CNG fueled buses are scheduled for delivery in June 2016. The majority of the fleet consists of vehicles manufactured by Gillig Corporation. In 2013 CityBus (GLPTC) was the second busiest bus system in Indiana with more than 5.44 million rider trips.

CityBus has a partnership with Purdue University and Ivy Tech Community College that allows students, faculty and staff of these universities to ride free of cost.

CitBus is currently undergoing a 10 year bus replacement plan that will eventually replace all of their Diesel Electric Hybrid buses with CNG buses. CityBus, along with other transportation providers, has signed a 5 year contract with New Flyer to provide up to 159 new buses (total) for the providers.

Fleet

The CityBus fleet consists of 79 transit buses. A large majority of these vehicles were manufactured by the Gillig Corporation, though CityBus operates a few New Flyer articulating buses as well. The fleet also consists of a number of Ford and Chevrolet mini buses, which are used for their "ACCESS" para-transit program.

Buses 715-720 and 1111-1112 were bought used from Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Transit. All other vehicles in the current fleet are assumed to have been purchased new by CityBus.

CityBus Fleet
Number	Manufacturer	Model Year	Engine/Fuel Type	Style	Wrap
715	New Flyer	1998	Diesel	D60 Articulating	Standard CityBus
716	New Flyer	1998	Diesel	D60 Articulating	Standard CityBus
717	New Flyer	1998	Diesel	D60 Articulating	Gold with Black Train
718	New Flyer	1999	Diesel	D60LF Articulating	Standard CityBus
719	New Flyer	1999	Diesel	D60LF Articulating	Standard CityBus
720	New Flyer	1999	Diesel	D60LF Articulating	Standard CityBus
1001	Gillig	1998	Diesel	Low Floor	Standard CityBus
1002	Gillig	1998	Diesel	Low Floor	Don't Go Dino CityBus
1003	Gillig	1998	Diesel	Low Floor	Standard CityBus
1005	Gillig	1998	Diesel	Low Floor	Standard CityBus
1006	Gillig	1998	Diesel	Low Floor	Standard CityBus
1008	Gillig	1998	Diesel	Low Floor	Standard CityBus
1111	Gillig	1998	Diesel	Phantom High Floor	Standard CityBus
1112	Gillig	1998	Diesel	Phantom High Floor	Standard CityBus
1201	Gillig	2002	Diesel	Low Floor	Jimmy John's
1202	Gillig	2002	Diesel	Low Floor	Standard CityBus
1203	Gillig	2002	Diesel	Low Floor	Skydive Indianapolis
1204	Gillig	2002	Diesel	Low Floor	Standard CityBus
1205	Gillig	2002	Diesel	Low Floor	Standard CityBus
1206	Gillig	2002	Diesel	Low Floor	The Avenue Apartments
1301	Gillig	2003	Diesel	Low Floor	Standard CityBus
1302	Gillig	2003	Diesel	Low Floor	Our Train is Fueled By You (Purdue)
1303	Gillig	2003	Diesel	Low Floor	The Connector CityBus
1401	Gillig	2002	Diesel	Low Floor	Franciscan Health Services
1402	Gillig	2002	Diesel	Low Floor	Subway Catering
1403	Gillig	2002	Diesel	Low Floor	Subway
1404	Gillig	2002	Diesel	Low Floor	Purdue Ever True
1501	Gillig	2002	Converted from Diesel to Diesel Electric Hybrid	Low Floor	The Connector CityBus
1502	Gillig	2007	Diesel Electric Hybrid	Low Floor	The Connector CityBus
1503	Gillig	2006	Diesel	Low Floor	Granite Apartments
1504	Gillig	2006	Diesel	Low Floor	Lafayette Bank and Trust
1505	Gillig	2006	Diesel	Low Floor	Standard CityBus
1506	Gillig	2006	Diesel	Low Floor	Think Summer (Purdue)
1601	Gillig	2007	Diesel Electric Hybrid	Low Floor	Standard CityBus Hybrid
1602	Gillig	2007	Diesel Electric Hybrid	Low Floor	The Connector CityBus
1603	Gillig	2007	Diesel	Low Floor	Don't Go Dino CityBus
1701	New Flyer	2009	Diesel Electric Hybrid	DE60LFR Articulating	The Avenue Apartments
1702	New Flyer	2009	Diesel Electric Hybrid	DE60LFR Articulating	Hot Air Balloon CityBus Hybrid
1703	Gillig	2009	Diesel Electric Hybrid	Low Floor	Standard CityBus Hybrid
1704	Gillig	2009	Diesel Electric Hybrid	Low Floor	Standard CityBus Hybrid
1705	Gillig	2009	Diesel Electric Hybrid	Low Floor	Standard CityBus Hybrid
1706	Gillig	2009	Diesel Electric Hybrid	Low Floor	Standard CityBus Hybrid
1707	Gillig	2009	Diesel Electric Hybrid	Low Floor	Standard CityBus Hybrid
1708	Gillig	2009	Diesel Electric Hybrid	Low Floor	Standard CityBus Hybrid
1801	Gillig	2010	Diesel Electric Hybrid	Low Floor	Standard CityBus Hybird
1802	Gillig	2010	Diesel Electric Hybrid	Low Floor	Standard CityBus Hybird
1803	Gillig	2010	Diesel Electric Hybrid	Low Floor	Standard CityBus Hybrid
1804	Gillig	2010	Diesel Electric Hybrid	Low Floor	Standard CityBus Hybrid
1901	New Flyer	2011	Diesel Electric Hybrid	DE60LFR Articulating	Hot Air Balloon CityBus Hybrid
1902	New Flyer	2011	Diesel Electric Hybrid	DE60LFR Articulating	Sunflower CityBus Hybrid
1903	New Flyer	2011	Diesel Electric Hybrid	DE60LFR Articulating	Kite CityBus Hybrid
1904	Gillig	2011	Diesel Electric Hybird	Low Floor	Standard CityBus Hybrid
1905	Gillig	2011	Diesel Electric Hybrid	Low Floor	Standard CityBus Hybrid
3114	Gillig	2014	Diesel Electric Hybrid	Low Floor	Standard CityBus Hybrid
3214	Gillig	2014	Diesel Electric Hybrid	Low Floor	Standard CityBus Hybrid
3314	Gillig	2014	Diesel	Low Floor	Standard CityBus
4001	Gillig	2014	CNG	Low Floor	Standard CityBus CNG
4002	Gillig	2014	CNG	Low Floor	Standard CityBus CNG
4003	Gillig	2014	CNG	Low Floor	Standard CityBus CNG
4004	Gillig	2014	CNG	Low Floor	Standard CityBus CNG
4005	Gillig	2014	CNG	Low Floor	Standard CityBus CNG
4006	Gillig	2014	CNG	Low Floor	Standard CityBus CNG
4007	Gillig	2015	CNG	Low Floor	Standard CityBus CNG
4008	Gillig	2015	CNG	Low Floor	Standard CityBus CNG
4009	Gillig	2015	CNG	Low Floor	Standard CityBus CNG
4010	Gillig	2015	CNG	Low Floor	Standard CityBus CNG
4011	Gillig	2015	CNG	Low Floor	Standard CityBus CNG
4012	Gillig	2015	CNG	Low Floor	Standard CityBus CNG

Routes

CityBus operates 14 regular routes through Lafayette and West Lafayette, and an additional 11 routes within the Purdue University campus.

Regular routes

• 1A Market Square
• 1B Salisbury
• 2A Schuyler
• 2B Union
• 3 Lafayette Square
• 4A Tippecanoe Mall
• 4B Purdue West/Klondike
• 5A Happy Hollow
• 5B Northwestern
• 6A South 4th Street to Walmart South
• 6B South 9th Street
• 7 South Street (formerly State Road 26 E)
• 8 Willowbrook-Klondike Express
• 23 The Connector

Campus loops

• 12 Gold Loop
• 13 Silver Loop
• 14 Black Loop (Sat/Sun Nights)
• 15 Tower Acres
• 16 Bronze Loop
• 17 Ross Ade
• 18 NightRider (Fri/Sat Nights)
• 19 Inner Loop
• 20 AvTech
• 21 The Avenue
• 27 Outer Loop

External links

• Website