Editing Bethel Park, Pennsylvania (section)

== Transportation ==
[[File:Port Authority Siemens SD-400.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Port Authority of Allegheny County]]'s [[Silver Line (Pittsburgh)|Silver Line - Library]] is one of three light rail routes that serve Bethel Park.]]
The completion of the [[Pittsburgh Railways Interurban]]s in the early 1900s opened up Bethel Park to accelerated growth and development, making the area an early example of a [[streetcar suburb]]. While most of the Pittsburgh area's passenger rail and streetcar services were discontinued in the 1950s and 1960s and further growth was fueled by automobiles, the trolley lines through Bethel Park were kept in service and upgraded to modern light rail standards in the 1980s. All three of [[Port Authority of Allegheny County]]'s light rail lines run through Bethel Park, with the [[Blue Line (Pittsburgh)|Blue]] and [[Red Line (Pittsburgh)|Red]] lines terminating at South Hills Village, and the [[Silver Line (Pittsburgh)|Silver Line]] passing through the central business district to its terminus in [[Library, Pennsylvania|Library]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=All Schedules|url=https://www.portauthority.org/all-schedules/#Rail_Schedules_section|website=Port Authority of Allegheny County}}</ref> Park-and-ride lots at South Hills Village, West Library, Lytle, and Washington Junction provide local commuters with an easy trip to Pittsburgh.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Park and Rides|url=https://www.portauthority.org/park-and-ride-lots/park-and-rides/|website=Port Authority of Allegheny County}}</ref>

[[Pennsylvania Route 88]] and [[U.S. Route 19]] run through Bethel Park, with much of the area's busy commercial developments along the two corridors.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bethel Park PennDOT Map|url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/02407.pdf|website=PennDOT.gov}}</ref> The Yellow and Orange Belts of the [[Allegheny County belt system]] serve the borough, with the Orange Belt terminating in the southeast corner near the border with South Park. [[Interstate 79]] and [[Mon–Fayette Expressway|the Mon-Fayette Expressway]] do not enter Bethel Park but are both within a 15-minute drive from the borough. The cancelled [[Highway revolts in the United States#Pittsburgh|South Hills Expressway]] was planned to be constructed along the Route 88 corridor.{{Cn|date=October 2022}}

In addition to light rail service, Port Authority's 36 Banksville and [[Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority]]'s Commuter A routes provide bus service through the commercial areas of the borough.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Commuter A|url=https://www.mmvta.com/commuter-a/|access-date=2020-12-14|website=Mid Mon Valley Transit|language=en-US}}</ref>