Editing Muskegon, Michigan (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:ISS067-E-174325 Muskegon, Michigan.jpg|thumb|Muskegon as seen from the [[International Space Station]] in 2022]]

Public transportation is provided by the [[Muskegon Area Transit System]] (MATS – "The Shore Line"), which operates nine bus routes, three trolley routes, and a paratransit system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.co.muskegon.mi.us/catchthewave/mats/mats_history.html|title=MATS History|website=www.co.muskegon.mi.us|access-date=2009-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009182632/http://www.co.muskegon.mi.us/catchthewave/mats/mats_history.html|archive-date=2007-10-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> MATS serves the Herman Ivory Passenger Terminal.<ref>{{Cite web| last = sklooste@mlive.com| first = Stephen Kloosterman | title = Muskegon's new $2.8M downtown bus station to open Saturday| work = MLive.com| access-date = 2016-11-21| date = 2015-07-30| url = http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2015/07/muskegons_new_24m_downtown_bus.html}}</ref>

MATS operates the Muskegon Trolley Company. Three routes cover the north side, south side, and downtown; each trolley stops at 11 locations, including Hackley and Hume Historic Site, USS Silversides, and Muskegon State Park.

Greyhound Lines operated out of downtown Muskegon for many years as the end point of their cross-state route along I-96 to Detroit. Services were suspended during the severe downturn in travel during the COVID Pandemic of 2020. While regional bus carrier Indian Trails picked up the bulk of Greyhound’s former Michigan services, no intercity coach service has been restored to Muskegon as of 2025.

Commercial air service is currently provided by [[Denver Air Connection]] operating regional jet flights at [[Muskegon County Airport]] (MKG), with nonstop service to [[Chicago O'Hare Airport]]. Other airlines provide passenger service via the [[Gerald R. Ford International Airport]] (GRR) in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]].

Muskegon is the eastern port of the [[Lake Express]] High-Speed Car Ferry that crosses Lake Michigan to [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]] offering three roundtrips a day in the summer, and two roundtrips in the fall.

===Major roads===
Several major highways serve the city, including:
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'''Interstates'''
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'''U.S. Highways'''
*{{jct|state=MI|US|31}}
*{{jct|state=MI|US-Bus|31|dab1=Muskegon}}, a [[business loop]]
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'''Other state highways'''
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*{{jct|state=MI|M|120}}
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===Rail===
[[File:Union Depot - Muskegon 01.jpg|thumb|[[Muskegon station|Union Depot]]]]

	
The Michigan Shore Railway, provides freight rail service for many of Muskegon's industries. Rail passenger services ended in 1971 with the advent of Amtrak; the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad’s routes in Michigan were not included in the initial Amtrak system. The nearest passenger rail available is via [[Amtrak]] in nearby [[Holland, Michigan|Holland]] or Grand Rapids. Until 1971, the [[Chesapeake & Ohio Railway]] (successor to the [[Pere Marquette Railway]]) operated day and night trains from [[Union Depot (Muskegon, Michigan)|Union Station]] to [[Holland, Michigan|Holland]] and [[Chicago]]. The C&O became a unit of [[Chessie System]] in 1973 and subsequently [[CSX Transportation]] in 1987. CSX leased their Muskegon area lines to MS in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ctr.trains.com/~/media/import/files/pdf/f/7/7/passenger_trains_operating_on_the_eve_of_amtrak.pdf|title="Trains," "Passenger trains operating on the eve of Amtrak"}}</ref> The [[Grand Trunk Western]] and the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] had earlier operated passenger trains out of another Muskegon station to various points in Michigan.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Index of Railroad Stations, 1430 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=71 |issue=3 |date=August 1938}}</ref>

===Ferries===
In 1937, the Grand Trunk Western began operating ferries that met up with train and carried passengers and automobiles across Lake Michigan to Milwaukee. Earlier, the GTW had operated the ferries out of [[Grand Haven, Michigan|Grand Haven]]. The GTW stopped operating the ferries in 1978. The last remaining ferries across the lake would be the ones launching from [[Ludington, Michigan]]<ref>{{cite journal |title=Canadian National Railway-Grand Trunk, Table 150 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=71 |issue=3 |date=August 1938}}</ref><ref>Hofsomer, Don. Grand Trunk Corporation, The Canadian National Railways in the United States 1971–1992. 1995. Michigan State University Press. {{ISBN|18790-94703}}</ref> until the [[HSC Lake Express|Lake Express]] first came into service on June 1, 2004.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stroud |first1=Toni |title=A new shortcut across the lake |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-0406130001jun13-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=17 October 2021}}</ref>