Editing Palmer Township, Pennsylvania (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:2022-09-28 10 37 59 View east along U.S. Route 22 (Lehigh Valley Thruway) from the overpass for North Greenwood Avenue in Palmer Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.jpg|right|thumb|[[U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania|US 22]] East in Palmer Township]]
===Airports===
{{Further|Lehigh Valley International Airport}}
The region's primary commercial airport, [[Lehigh Valley International Airport]], is located  in [[Hanover Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|Hanover Township]] and is operated by Lehigh–Northampton Airport Authority. The airport has direct flights to [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]], [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport|Charlotte]], [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]], [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport|Detroit]], [[Philadelphia International Airport|Philadelphia]], and several cities in [[Florida]]. The region is also served by [[Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport]], a two-runway facility located on [[Lehigh Street]] in South Allentown used predominantly by private aircraft.

=== Roads ===
As of 2021, there were {{convert|113.47|mi}} of public roads in Palmer Township, of which {{convert|20.17|mi}} were maintained by the [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] (PennDOT) and {{convert|93.09|mi}} were maintained by the township.<ref name="PennDOTmap">{{cite web |title=Palmer Township map |url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/48212.pdf |access-date=March 16, 2023 |publisher=PennDOT}}</ref>

[[U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 22]] crosses Palmer Township east-to-west and interchanges in the township just west of Wilson with [[Pennsylvania Route 248]], which connects Easton and Nazareth. North-to-south [[Pennsylvania Route 33]] crosses the northwestern portion of Palmer, with an interchange at Tatamy Road within the township. Other local roads of note include east-to-west Freemansburg Road, William Penn Highway, Park Avenue/Hecktown Road, Northwood Avenue, and Main Street/Nazareth Road, and north-to-south 25th Street, Bushkill Drive, Greenwood Avenue, Tatamy Road, and Van Buren Road.

===Private and public bus services===
{{Further|Easton Intermodal Transportation Center|LANta|NJ Transit}}
Public transportation is provided by [[LANta]], a bus system serving Lehigh and Northampton counties, and is served by the 106, 216, 217, and 220 Routes. The Blue Line, LANta's Bus Rapid Transit service, serves Palmer Township at three stops: Stones Crossing, Greenwood, and 25th Street.

The [[Easton Intermodal Transportation Center]] in nearby Easton serves as a hub for LANTA buses. [[NJ Transit]] provides bus service from Center Square in Easton to [[Phillipsburg, New Jersey|Phillipsburg]] and [[Pohatcong, New Jersey|Pohatcong]] in [[New Jersey]] along the [[Wheels (New Jersey Transit)|890]] and [[Wheels (New Jersey Transit)|891]] routes. [[Greyhound Lines]] provides intercity bus service to Easton, stopping at the Easton Intermodal Transportation Center. [[Trans-Bridge Lines]] provides regular bus service to [[New York City]].

=== Rail ===
The last passenger rail service in the region, which was provided by [[SEPTA]], ceased operating in 1979. In September 2020, [[Amtrak]], as part of its expansion plan, proposed restoring rail service between Allentown and [[New York City]] by 2035. This largely single-track Amtrak route has been opposed by [[Norfolk Southern Railway]], which acquired the [[Lehigh Line (Norfolk Southern)|Lehigh Line]] as part of its purchase of [[Federal government of the United States|federally]]-founded [[Conrail]] in 1999. 

In November 2008, the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVEDC) and both Lehigh and Northampton counties commissioned a study, exploring restoration of the [[Black Diamond (train)|''Black Diamond'']] service, which ran until 1961, which would likely entail extending [[New Jersey Transit]]'s [[Raritan Valley Line]] to nearby Easton.