Editing Vail, Colorado (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:Powder Day Vail Colorado USA.jpg|right|thumb|[[Skiing]] at [[Vail Ski Resort]]]]

Vail is served by [[Eagle County Airport]] near [[Gypsum, Colorado|Gypsum]], {{convert|30|mile}} to the west. Native Americans used to call the area near the airport the "hole in the sky" because storms seemed to avoid it. Vail is modeled on European ski towns, many of which are [[Pedestrian zone|car-free]], and the town is partially pedestrianized. The town operates the largest free shuttle bus system in the United States and has ten hybrid-electric buses. At each bus stop, a sign reports when the next two buses will arrive.

The In-Town Shuttle provides service every five minutes during peak winter times, and every 15 minutes off-peak, between Golden Peak, Vail Village, the business district, and Lionshead, with live schedule information provided at bus stops by [[Global Positioning System]] technology, which tracks buses. Other routes centering on the Transportation Center service the East and West Vail districts on a scheduled, but less frequent basis.<ref>[http://www.vailgov.com/subpage.asp?dept_id=46 "Transportation & Parking"], Town of Vail. Retrieved: May 12, 2011.</ref>

Eagle County provides bus service from the Transportation Center with service to Vail, [[Leadville]], [[Minturn, Colorado|Minturn]], [[Eagle-Vail]], [[Avon, Colorado|Avon]], [[Beaver Creek, Colorado|Beaver Creek]], [[Edwards, Colorado|Edwards]], [[Eagle, Colorado|Eagle]], Gypsum and [[Dotsero, Colorado|Dotsero]].

The [[Colorado Department of Transportation]], through its [[Bustang]] program, provides intercity transportation to Vail along its West Line. The West Line goes from Denver to Grand Junction and back.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bustang Schedule |title=Schedules |url=https://ridebustang.com/schedules/#west |website=RideBustang |publisher=CDOT}}</ref>

===Highways===
[[Interstate 70 in Colorado|Interstate 70]] runs east–west through the middle of Vail and is the only road to or from Vail, with exits at East Vail, at the base of Vail Pass, the town of Vail, and West Vail. From the east, the highway comes from [[Denver]], {{convert|97|mile}} away, passes through [[Eisenhower Tunnel]] and over the [[Continental Divide]], by-passing [[Loveland Pass]], and over Vail Pass, dropping down into Vail Valley. To the west, it meets [[U.S. Highway 24 (Colorado)|U.S. Highway 24]] at Dowd Junction, passes through [[Avon, Colorado|Avon]], [[Edwards, Colorado]], and [[Eagle, Colorado|Eagle]], through [[Glenwood Canyon]] traveling and on to [[Grand Junction, Colorado|Grand Junction]], and reaches [[Utah]], where it ends at the intersection with [[Interstate 15 in Utah|Interstate 15]].

In West Vail, [[U.S. Route 6 in Colorado|U.S. Route 6]] (which still exists as a service road between East Vail, Vail, and West Vail) merges with I-70 at Dowd Junction. I-70 roughly follows the original Highway 6 route until the two highways diverge again in [[Silverthorne, Colorado|Silverthorne]], {{convert|31|mile}} to the east.