If you've lived in Peoria all your life, you'll have no trouble finding the mall or getting to the airport when you're leaving to attend a hockey tournament in Ontario. But what about everyone else? All the university students out on their own for the first time, the recently relocated families who have their glove compartments jammed with maps, and of course the tourists and business conventioneers, who are only here for a few days and didn't even bring their cars? How will they get around? By using one of these methods.

Roads

Illinois is a central state, so it's not surprising that there's a spaghetti bowl of roadways that meet or pass through the city. An Toronto caterer used to driving around central Toronto should be fine, but rural dwellers may be overwhelmed. Rather than trying to memorize every exit on two interstate highways and six state routes, make sure you get a rental car with a GPS unit in it. If you know the address, your car can navigate for you. As a low tech alternative - bring along a buddy with good map reading skills.

Rails

Europeans and Americans from highly populated early settlement areas like New England will be familiar with trains while most Canadians have no experience with riding the railways. They get to their Edmonton botox clinics by bus or car. It's these Canadians who won't be let down. There is no intercity rail service in Peoria, though if you want to follow the romantic (and illegal) route of the traveling hobo, there are ten rail freight companies that have runs to or through Peoria.

Public Transit

As a small city, Peoria doesn't have a huge or extensive public transportation network. Oakville dentists who have been best friends with the GO Train and the Toronto subway for the last ten years will be badly let down. However, if you just need to get from downtown to a few of the more popular destinations, there should be no problem. CityLink buses have 20 different routes in and around Peoria, connecting the malls, schools, and suburbs with the central business district.

Air

Peoria does have an international airport, albeit a small one. General Wayne Downing Airport has flights from Peoria to popular regional destinations as well as larger air transit hubs in Canada and the United States on five major airlines. Charters to conferences on home health care in Thunder Bay and small private jaunts are more likely to leave from Mount Hawley Municipal Airport on the north side, however.