Editing Hamilton, Ontario (section)

===Transportation===
{{See also|Transportation in Hamilton, Ontario|List of streets in Hamilton, Ontario}}
The primary highways serving Hamilton are [[Ontario Highway 403|Highway 403]], the [[QEW]], the [[Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway]], and the [[Red Hill Valley Parkway]]. Other highways connecting Hamilton include [[Highway 5 (Ontario)|Highway 5]], [[Highway 6 (Ontario)|Highway 6]] and [[Highway 8 (Ontario)|Highway 8]]. Public transportation is provided by the [[Hamilton Street Railway]], which operates an extensive local bus system. Hamilton and [[Metrolinx]] will build a provincially-funded [[Light rail|LRT]] line ([[Hamilton LRT]]) in the early 2020s.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hamilton-budget-1.5094808 |title=Provincial budget confirms - again - that Hamilton will get LRT |last=Craggs |first=Samantha |date=April 11, 2019 |work=CBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625020957/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hamilton-budget-1.5094808 |archive-date=June 25, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> 
Intercity public transportation, including frequent service to Toronto, is provided by [[GO Transit]]. The [[Hamilton GO Centre]] (formerly the [[Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway]] station), as well as [[West Harbour GO Station]] are two [[commuter rail]] stations on the [[Lakeshore West line]] of GO Transit that serve the city, with the latter having hourly service to Toronto. Regional bus services operated by GO Transit also run to [[Brantford]], [[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]], and cities along the [[Ontario Highway 407]]. [[Aldershot GO Station|Aldershot station]] in nearby [[Burlington, Ontario|Burlington]], is the intercity ([[Via Rail]]) station for both Burlington and Hamilton.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coronavirus: Hamilton-Toronto GO Transit service impacted amid anticipated ridership drop |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6682567/coronavirus-go-transit-hamilton-toronto/ |access-date=May 5, 2021 |website=Global News |language=en-CA |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505140527/https://globalnews.ca/news/6682567/coronavirus-go-transit-hamilton-toronto/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 1940s, the [[John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport]] was a wartime air force training station. Today, managed by TradePort International Corporation, passenger traffic at the Hamilton terminal has grown from 90,000 in 1996 to approximately 900,000 in 2002 with mostly domestic and vacation destinations in the United States, Mexico and Central America. The airport's mid-term growth target for its passenger service is five million air travellers annually. The airport's air cargo sector has 24–7 operational capability and strategic geographic location, allowing its capacity to increase by 50% since 1996; 91,000&nbsp;[[metric tonnes]] (100,000&nbsp;[[Short ton|tons]]) of cargo passed through the airport in 2002. Courier companies with operations at the airport include [[United Parcel Service]] and Cargojet Canada.<ref name=airport2>{{cite web |title=2009 Annual Report |publisher=John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport |url=http://www.flyhi.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/hamilton_international_airport_2009_annual_report.pdf |access-date=October 25, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716021951/http://www.flyhi.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/hamilton_international_airport_2009_annual_report.pdf |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2003, the city began developing a 30-year growth management strategy which called, in part, for a massive [[aerotropolis]] industrial park centred on Hamilton Airport. Advocates of the aerotropolis proposal, now known as the ''Airport Employment Growth District'', tout it as a solution to the city's shortage of employment lands.<ref name=AirportB>{{cite news |last=McNulty |first=Gord |title=Energy City |newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator |date=December 18, 2007}}</ref> The closest other international airport to Hamilton is [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]], located northeast of the city in [[Mississauga]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 27, 2021 |title=Ontario asks federal government to make interprovincial travellers take COVID-19 tests |url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-asks-federal-government-to-make-interprovincial-travellers-take-covid-19-tests-1.5403698 |access-date=May 5, 2021 |website=Toronto |language=en |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505132838/https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-asks-federal-government-to-make-interprovincial-travellers-take-covid-19-tests-1.5403698 |url-status=live }}</ref>

A report by Hemson Consulting identified an opportunity to develop {{convert|1000|ha|acre|-2}} of greenfields (the size of the Royal Botanical Gardens) that could create an estimated 90,000 jobs by 2031. A proposed [[aerotropolis]] industrial park at Highway 6 and 403, has been debated at City Hall for years. Opponents feel the city needs to do more investigation about the cost to taxpayers.<ref name=Airport2>{{cite news |last=McacIntyre |first=Nicole |title=Airport land 'key to future' |newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator |date=April 16, 2007}}</ref>

Hamilton also plays a major role in Ontario's marine shipping industry as the [[Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority|Port of Hamilton]] is Ontario's busiest port handling between 9 and 12 million tonnes of cargo annually.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=Summary Report of Sustainability Actions in 2018 |url=http://hamiltonharbour.ca/resources/documents/2018_HPA_SustainabilityRept_web.pdf |access-date=May 5, 2021 |website=[[Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority|Hamilton Port Authority]] |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505132840/http://hamiltonharbour.ca/resources/documents/2018_HPA_SustainabilityRept_web.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Major highways====
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* [[File:RHVP_Shield.png|32x32px]] [[Red Hill Valley Parkway]] 
* [[File:LINC_Shield.png|32x32px]] [[Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway]]
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