CityLink, the Peoria-area transit system, faced a variety of challenges due to the coronavirus in 2020, but fared better than systems in many larger cities, said General Manager Doug Roelfs. “For mass transit (nationally), it was a bleak year. For the Greater Peoria Mass Transit District, we got along okay,” he said. In an effort to safeguard passengers and employees, CityLink upped efforts to sanitize buses while urging social distancing be practiced by passengers. The system has mandated the use of masks by passengers since April. Ridership was down 20 percent over the previous year, but CityLink was able to maintain regular service with few interruptions, said Roelfs, Despite a dedicated effort by CityLink employees during the pandemic, riders that usually rely on mass transit just weren't there, he said.