Editing Willits, California (section)

==Infrastructure==
[[File:Willits Fire Station 54 - February 2023 - Sarah Stierch 03.jpg |thumb|Willits Fire Station 54 built in 2022]]

===Transportation===
Willits is the eastern terminus of the [[California Western Railroad]] (otherwise known as the "Skunk Train"), running through the [[Coast Redwood]] forests to coastal [[Fort Bragg, California|Fort Bragg]]. The old redwood [[Willits Depot]] was built in 1915 by the [[Northwestern Pacific Railroad]], a subsidiary of the [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific]]. It is registered as a National Historic Place.<ref>[http://www.hpdb.org/70663 Willits Depot<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=0 People, Parks & Fire exhibit at the National Association for Interpretation Conference in Virginia Beach, Virginia in November, 2002] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220204509/http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=0 |date=February 20, 2013 }}</ref>

The [[Amtrak Thruway#7|Amtrak Thruway 7]] bus provides daily connections to/from Willits (with a curbside stop at 298 East Commercial Street), [[Martinez station|Martinez]] to the south, and [[Arcata, California|Arcata]] to the north. Additional [[Amtrak]] connections are available from Martinez station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amtraksanjoaquins.com/route-7/|title=Route 7|website=Amtrak San Joaquins}}</ref>

[[Willits Municipal Airport]] (also known as Ells Field) is a public [[general aviation]] airport with one runway, located {{convert|3|mi}} northwest of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nfdc.faa.gov/nfdcApps/airportLookup/airportDisplay.jsp?airportId=O28|title=Ells Field-Willits Muni|publisher=[[Federal Aviation Administration]]|access-date=April 16, 2015}}</ref>

[[U.S. Route 101 in California|U.S. Route 101]] is the major highway through the Little Lake Valley, passing just east of the Willits city limits, connecting [[Eureka, California|Eureka]] to the north and [[San Francisco]] to the south. [[California State Route 20|State Route 20]] forks off of US 101 at a point just south of Willits, enters the city on South Main Street, and then heads west, running parallel to and several miles south of the Skunk Train's route, to [[Fort Bragg, California|Fort Bragg]]. In an effort to reduce traffic congestion in the city, especially on all of Main Street, the Willits Bypass project opened to traffic on November 3, 2016, despite the controversy related to its route through protected wetlands.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://abc7news.com/traffic/caltrans-ordered-to-stop-work-on-willits-bypass/127879/ | title=Caltrans Ordered to Stop Work on Willits Bypass | publisher=[[KGO-TV]] | date=June 20, 2014 | access-date=July 30, 2014}}</ref>