Editing Cape Cod (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:Cape Cod Bourne Bridge and Railroad Bridge.jpg|thumb|The [[Bourne Bridge]] over the Cape Cod Canal, with the [[Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge]] in the background]]

===Road===
Cape Cod is connected to the mainland by a pair of canal-spanning highway bridges, the [[Bourne Bridge|Bourne]] and [[Sagamore Bridge|Sagamore]] that were constructed in the 1930s (replacing a 1912 drawbridge). The two parallel road bridges are four miles apart, with the Bourne Bridge to the west, and the Sagamore to the east. The bridges form a bottleneck, resulting in traffic backups of several miles during the tourist season - especially going on-cape at the beginning of the weekend and off-cape at the end of the weekend.

The entire Cape is roughly bisected lengthwise by [[U.S. Route 6 in Massachusetts|U.S. Route 6]], locally known as the Mid-Cape Highway and officially as the Grand Army of the Republic Highway.

===Air===
Commercial air service to Cape Cod operates out of [[Cape Cod Gateway Airport]] and [[Provincetown Municipal Airport]]. General aviation airports are:
* [[Chatham Municipal Airport]]
* [[Falmouth Airpark]]
* [[Cape Cod Airfield]] in [[Marstons Mills]], Barnstable

There is one military airport at [[Otis Air National Guard Base]].

The closest major airports to Cape Cod are [[Logan International Airport]] and [[Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport]].

=== Ferry service ===
Ferries running from Falmouth and one in Hyannis serve the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. There is also service between New Bedford and Martha's Vineyard. Additional services operate seasonally to and between the islands. Seasonal ferry services also operate between Boston and Provincetown.

===Bus===
[[Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority]] operates a year-round public bus system to all 15 Cape Cod towns. From mid-June until October, additional local routes are added throughout Cape Cod. CCRTA also operates Barnstable County's [[Americans with Disabilities Act|ADA]]-required [[paratransit]] ([[dial-a-ride]]) service, under the name "B-Bus."

Long-distance bus service is available through [[Plymouth & Brockton]] and [[Peter Pan Bus]], with regular service to [[South Station]] and [[Logan International Airport]] in Boston, as well as less frequent service to Provincetown. [[Peter Pan Bus Lines]] also runs long-distance service to [[Providence, Rhode Island]] and New York City.

===Rail service===
{{Main|Cape Cod Railroad}}
The third bridge over the Cape Cod Canal is a [[vertical-lift bridge|vertical-lift]] [[Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge|railroad bridge]], providing an alternative land transport option. After the bridge, the track splits in two directions, heading towards Hyannis in one direction and North Falmouth in the other. The track to Hyannis is used for both freight and passenger services, while the Falmouth track is used mostly for freight with very limited passenger service.

====Passenger====
The [[CapeFlyer]] is a seasonal passenger rail service between Boston and Hyannis that operates on summer weekends from [[Memorial Day]] through Labor Day. Stops along or near the Cape include [[Buzzards Bay station|Buzzards Bay]], [[Bourne station|Bourne]], and [[Hyannis Transportation Center|Hyannis]].

The [[Cape Cod Central Railroad]] is a [[heritage railroad]] on Cape Cod. The service is primarily tourist-oriented and includes a dinner train over a scenic route between Hyannis and the Cape Cod Canal lasting about 2{{frac|1|2}} hours round trip. Select trains feature stops at [[West Barnstable station|West Barnstable]] and [[Sandwich railway station|Sandwich]]. Additional service is also provided from the Buzzards Bay station, and a small number of trains also depart from North Falmouth.

====Freight====
Active freight service remains in the Upper Cape, both along the main line from Bourne to Hyannis and on the spur to North Falmouth. One of the more frequent operations is the transport of municipal waste to a waste-to-energy plant in [[Rochester, Massachusetts|Rochester]], as well as the removal of debris and refuse from [[Joint Base Cape Cod]] in Falmouth. [[Massachusetts Coastal Railroad]] is currently the sole operator of freight rail on the Cape, taking over from [[Bay Colony Railroad]] in 2007.

====Historic====
Daily passenger rail service by the [[New Haven Railroad]] from Boston to Cape Cod ended in June 1959. Summertime ''[[Day Cape Codder]]'' service by the New Haven from New York City to the Cape ended in 1964. In 1978, the tracks east of South Dennis were abandoned and replaced with the [[Cape Cod Rail Trail]]. Another bike path, the [[Shining Sea Bikeway]], was built over abandoned tracks between Woods Hole and Falmouth in 1975, and in 2008 the {{convert|7.4|mi|km|adj=mid|long}} rail line between Falmouth and North Falmouth was removed and the right-of-way converted into an extension of the Shining Sea Bikeway.

In 1986, [[Amtrak]] operated a seasonal service in the summer from New York City to Hyannis called the ''[[Cape Codder (train)|Cape Codder]]''. From 1988, Amtrak and the [[Massachusetts Department of Transportation]] increased service to a daily frequency,<ref>{{cite news|first=Michael |last=Kolleth |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 29, 1988 |title=Daily Rail Service to Cape is Returning |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/29/us/daily-rail-service-to-cape-is-returning.html?sq=%22cape+cod%22+railroad&scp=8&st=nyt }}</ref> until service ended in 1996, leaving a gap until the current [[CapeFlyer]] service began in 2013.

===Bicycle===
[[File:Old Colony Rail Trail.jpg|thumb|Old Colony Rail Trail in [[Harwich, Massachusetts|Harwich]]]]
Bicycle and pedestrian access to the Cape is possible via a sidewalk on the southbound side of the [[Bourne Bridge]]. There are a number of dedicated bike trails and paths around the Cape, including:
* [[Cape Cod Rail Trail]] - South Dennis to Wellfleet
* [[Old Colony Rail Trail]] - Harwich and Chatham, connecting with the Cape Cod Rail Trail
* Various trails in the Cape Cod National Seashore<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/caco/planyourvisit/upload/2012biketraillweb.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.nps.gov/caco/planyourvisit/upload/2012biketraillweb.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Cape Cod : Bike trails, safety tips, and guidelines |website=Nps.gov |access-date=May 13, 2016}}</ref>
* Various trails in [[Nickerson State Park]], connecting with the Cape Cod Rail Trail
* [[Shining Sea Bikeway]] - Woods Hole to North Falmouth
* Cape Cod Canal path on both sides of the canal
* Various unpaved Mid-Cape trails<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capecodbikeguide.com/trails.asp |title=Road Cycling, Off Road Riding, ATB, MTB, Biking, Bicycle Trails On-road and Off-road |publisher=Cape Cod Bike Guide |access-date=May 13, 2016}}</ref>

For long-distance biking, the mostly on-road [[Claire Saltonstall Bikeway]] connects Cape Cod to the [[Charles River Bike Path]] in Boston.