Editing Saint Paul, Minnesota (section)

==Transportation==

===Interstate and roadways===
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'''Interstate Highways'''<br />
[[File:I-35E.svg|25px]] [[Interstate 35E (Minnesota)|I-35E]]<br />
[[File:I-94 (MN).svg|25px]] [[Interstate 94 in Minnesota|I-94]]<br />
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'''US Highways'''<br />
[[File:US 10.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 10 in Minnesota|US 10]]<br />
[[File:US 52.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 52 in Minnesota|US 52]]<br />
[[File:US 61.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 61 in Minnesota|US 61]]<br />
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'''Minnesota Highways'''<br />
[[File:MN-5.svg|25px]] [[Minnesota State Highway 5|MN 5]]<br />
[[File:MN-51.svg|25px]] [[Minnesota State Highway 51|MN 51]]<br />
[[File:MN-280 wide.svg|25px]] [[Minnesota State Highway 280|MN 280]]<br />
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[[File:Saint Paul-2005-10-27.jpg|thumb|I-94 as it enters downtown Saint Paul from the west]]

Residents use [[Interstate 35E (Minnesota)|Interstate 35E]] running north–south and [[Interstate 94]] running east–west. Trunk highways include [[U.S. Route 52 in Minnesota|U.S. Highway 52]], [[Minnesota State Highway 280]], and [[Minnesota State Highway 5]]. Saint Paul has several unique roads, such as [[Ayd Mill Road]], Phalen Boulevard, and [[Shepard Road/Warner Road]], that diagonally follow particular geographic features in the city. Biking is also gaining popularity, due to the creation of more paved [[Segregated cycle facilities|bike lanes]] that connect to other bike routes throughout the [[metropolitan area]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Bike-n-Ride by bus |publisher=Metro Transit |url=http://www.metrotransit.org/serviceInfo/bikeByBus.asp |access-date=September 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820225846/http://www.metrotransit.org/serviceInfo/bikeByBus.asp <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=August 20, 2007}}</ref> and the creation of [[Nice Ride Minnesota]], a seasonally operated nonprofit bicycle sharing and rental system that has over 1,550 bicycles and 170 stations in both Minneapolis and Saint Paul.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.startribune.com/local/229475001.html |title=Nice Ride Minnesota: Ambitious plans set for 2014 season |website=[[Star Tribune]] |access-date=November 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031092913/http://www.startribune.com/local/229475001.html |archive-date=October 31, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Downtown Saint Paul has a five-mile (8&nbsp;km) enclosed [[skyway]] system over 25 city blocks.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gill |first=N.S. |publisher=About, Inc., The New York Times Company |work=About.com |title=Skyways: Downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul Skyways |url=http://minneapolis.about.com/od/travelweather/a/skyways.htm |access-date=March 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105064423/http://minneapolis.about.com/od/travelweather/a/skyways.htm |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The {{convert|563|mi|km|adj=on}} [[Avenue of the Saints]] connects Saint Paul with [[St. Louis, Missouri]].

The layout of city streets and roads has often drawn complaints. While he was [[Governor of Minnesota]], [[Jesse Ventura]] appeared on the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'',<ref>{{cite web |last=Khoo |first=Michael |title=The days of Jesse |publisher=Minnesota Public Radio |date=December 15, 2002 |url=http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/200212/16_khoom_ventura/ |access-date=September 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812220137/http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/200212/16_khoom_ventura/ |archive-date=August 12, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> and remarked that the streets were designed by "drunken Irishmen".<ref name="stumbles">{{cite news |title=Gov. Ventura Stumbles |newspaper=New York Times |date=February 6, 1999 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/26/us/gov-ventura-stumbles.html |access-date=September 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607123502/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/26/us/gov-ventura-stumbles.html |archive-date=June 7, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> He later apologized, though people had been complaining about the fractured grid system for more than a century by that point.<ref name="stumbles" /> Some of the city's road design is the result of the curve of the Mississippi River, hilly topography, conflicts between developers of different neighborhoods in the early city, and grand plans only half-realized. Outside of downtown, the roads are less confusing, but most roads are named, rather than numbered, increasing the difficulty for non-natives to navigate.<ref>{{cite book |last=L. Empson |first=Donald |title=The Street Where You Live |year=2006 |publisher=[[University of Minnesota Press]] |isbn=978-0-8166-4729-3 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/streetwhereyouli0000emps/page/17 17] |url=https://archive.org/details/streetwhereyouli0000emps/page/17}}</ref>

===Mass transit===
[[File:St. Paul Metro Green Line with MN State Capitol.jpg|thumb|right|The Metro Green Line serves Saint Paul.|alt=A three-car light rail at a station; the state capitol building is in the background.]]
[[Metro Transit (Minnesota)|Metro Transit]] provides bus service and light rail in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area. The [[METRO Green Line]] is an {{convert|11|mi|km|0|adj=on}} [[light rail]] line that connects downtown Saint Paul to downtown Minneapolis with 14 stations in Saint Paul. The Green Line runs west along [[University Avenue (Minneapolis-St. Paul)|University Avenue]], through the [[University of Minnesota]] campus, until it links up and then shares stations with the [[Blue Line (Minnesota)|METRO Blue Line]] in downtown Minneapolis. Construction began in November 2010 and the line began service on June 14, 2014.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Metropolitan Council |title=Central Corridor next steps and timeline |date=April 2, 2007 |url=http://www.metrocouncil.org/transportation/ccorridor/centralcorridor.htm |access-date=April 11, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929121120/http://www.metrocouncil.org/transportation/ccorridor/centralcorridor.htm |archive-date=September 29, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/06/15/talking-points-green-line-opening-hailed-a-big-success/ |title=Talking Points: Green Line Opening Hailed A Big Success |first=Esme |last=Murphy |access-date=June 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022090528/http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/06/15/talking-points-green-line-opening-hailed-a-big-success/ |archive-date=October 22, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Green Line averaged 42,500 rides per weekday in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kerr |first1=Drew |title=Light rail, Bus Rapid Transit lines set annual ridership records |url=https://www.metrotransit.org/light-rail-bus-rapid-transit-lines-set-annual-ridership-records |access-date=February 18, 2022 |work=Metro Transit |date=February 11, 2019 |archive-date=May 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524230051/https://www.metrotransit.org/light-rail-bus-rapid-transit-lines-set-annual-ridership-records |url-status=live}}</ref> Planning is underway for the [[Riverview Corridor]], a rail line that will connect downtown Saint Paul to the airport and Mall of America.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Janet |title=Early plans for streetcar route under Historic Fort Snelling raise concerns |url=https://www.startribune.com/riverview-corridor-streetcar-route-to-burrow-under-historic-fort-snelling/498936151/ |access-date=February 18, 2022 |work=Star Tribune |date=October 30, 2018 |archive-date=February 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218232323/https://www.startribune.com/riverview-corridor-streetcar-route-to-burrow-under-historic-fort-snelling/498936151/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[A Line (Minnesota)|METRO A Line]] opened in 2016 as Minneapolis–Saint Paul's first arterial [[bus rapid transit]] line. The A Line connects the Blue Line at [[46th Street (Metro Transit station)|46th Street station]] to [[Rosedale Center]] with a connection at the Green Line [[Snelling Avenue (Metro Transit station)|Snelling Avenue station]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.metrotransit.org/a-line-project |title=A-Line |access-date=August 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821001241/http://www.metrotransit.org/a-line-project |archive-date=August 21, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> Future [[Metro (Minnesota)|METRO lines]] are planned that will serve Saint Paul with the [[Metro B Line (Minnesota)|B Line]] and [[Metro E Line (Minnesota)|E Line]] Line running primarily on arterial streets, and the [[Metro Gold Line (Minnesota)|Gold Line]] and [[Metro Purple Line (Minnesota)|Purple Line]] running primarily in their own right of way.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metro Network - Metro Transit |url=https://www.metrotransit.org/metro-network |website=www.metrotransit.org |publisher=Metro Transit |access-date=February 18, 2022 |archive-date=February 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218232323/https://www.metrotransit.org/metro-network |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Melo |first1=Frederick |title=Metro Transit seeks public feedback on B Line from downtown St. Paul to Uptown Minneapolis |url=https://www.twincities.com/2021/07/27/metro-transit-seeks-public-feedback-on-b-line-from-downtown-st-paul-to-uptown-minneapolis/ |access-date=February 18, 2022 |work=Twin Cities |date=July 27, 2021 |archive-date=February 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218232324/https://www.twincities.com/2021/07/27/metro-transit-seeks-public-feedback-on-b-line-from-downtown-st-paul-to-uptown-minneapolis/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Railroad===
[[Amtrak]]'s ''[[Empire Builder]]'' between [[Chicago]] and [[Seattle]] or [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] stops twice daily in each direction at the newly renovated [[Saint Paul Union Depot]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Amtrak |title=St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (MSP) |url=http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Station/Station_Page&c=am2Station&cid=1080080551718&ssid=85 |access-date=April 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070404195900/http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak%2Fam2Station%2FStation_Page&c=am2Station&cid=1080080551718&ssid=85 |archive-date=April 4, 2007 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Ridership on the train increased about 6% from 2005 to over 505,000 in fiscal year 2007.<ref name="SP_EB_WDN">{{cite news |last=Sommerhauser |first=Mark |title=Mayors claim more riders should spur more service on Amtrak line |work=[[Winona Daily News|The Winona Daily News]] |publisher=[[Lee Enterprises]] |date=July 24, 2008 |url=http://www.winonadailynews.com/articles/2008/07/24/news/00lead.txt |access-date=July 25, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801220458/http://www.winonadailynews.com/articles/2008/07/24/news/00lead.txt |archive-date=August 1, 2008 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> A Minnesota Department of Transportation study found that increased daily service to Chicago should be economically viable, especially if it originates in Saint Paul and does not experience delays from the rest of the western route of the ''Empire Builder''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.startribune.com/additional-twin-cities-chicago-rail-service-viable-study-finds/494081611/ |title=Additional Twin Cities-Chicago rail service viable, study finds |first=Janet |last=Moore |newspaper=Star Tribune |date=September 23, 2018 |access-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124003724/http://www.startribune.com/additional-twin-cities-chicago-rail-service-viable-study-finds/494081611/ |archive-date=November 24, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Based on that proposition, a new Amtrak line, the [[Borealis (train)|''Borealis'']], began service on May 21, 2024, running the segment of the ''Empire Builder'' route between Saint Paul and Chicago, with several stops along the way, including one in [[Milwaukee]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harlow |first1=Tim |title=Amtrak's Borealis from Twin Cities to Chicago sees strong ridership, turns early profit |url=https://www.startribune.com/amtrak-borealis-train-ridership/600379456 |access-date=3 Sep 2024 |publisher=Star Tribune |date=9 Jul 2024}}</ref>

Saint Paul is the site of the Pig's Eye Yard, a major freight [[classification yard]] for [[Canadian Pacific Railway]].<ref name="StP_PE_Rhodes">{{cite book |last=Rhodes |first=Michael |title=North American Railyards |publisher=MBI Publishing Company |year=2003 |location=Saint Paul, Minnesota |pages=128 |isbn=978-0-7603-1578-1}}</ref> As of 2003, the yard handled over 1,000 freight cars per day.<ref name="StP_PE_Rhodes" /> Both [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] and [[BNSF Railway|Burlington Northern Santa Fe]] run trains through the yard, though they are not classified at Pig's Eye.<ref name="StP_PE_Rhodes" /> BNSF operates the large Northtown Yard in Minneapolis, which handles about 600 cars per day.<ref name="StP_NT_Rhodes">{{cite book |last=Rhodes |first=Michael |title=North American Railyards |publisher=MBI Publishing Company |year=2003 |location=Saint Paul, Minnesota |pages=16 |isbn=978-0-7603-1578-1}}</ref> There are several other small yards around the city.
[[File:20080312-StPaulDowntownAirport.jpg|thumb|Saint Paul Downtown Airport (Holman Field)]]

===Airports===
[[St. Paul Downtown Airport|Holman Airfield]] is across the river from downtown St. Paul. Lamprey Lake was there until the Army Corps of Engineers filled it with dredgings starting in the early 1920s. [[Northwest Airlines]] began initial operations from Holman in 1926. During WWII Northwest had a contract to install upgraded radar systems in [[B-24s]], employing 5,000 at the airfield. After WWII, Holman Airfield competed with the [[Speedway Field]] for the Twin Cities' growing aviation industry and lost out in the end. Today, Holman is a [[FAA airport categories|reliever airport]] run by the [[Metropolitan Airports Commission]]. It is home to Minnesota's Air National Guard and a flight training school and is tailored to [[Companies based in Minneapolis–St. Paul|local corporate]] aviation. There are three runways, with the [[Holman Field Administration Building]] and [[Riverside Hangar]] on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="MAC">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mspairport.com/relievers/st_paul/default.aspx |title=St. Paul Downtown Airport |access-date=November 19, 2007 |publisher=Metropolitan Airports Commission |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014840/http://www.mspairport.com/relievers/st_paul/default.aspx |archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref> The original Northwest Airlines building's historical importance was realized only after demolition commenced.

For the most part, Saint Paul's aviation needs are served by the [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport]] (MSP), which sits on {{convert|2,930|acre|km2}} in the [[Fort Snelling Unorganized Territory]] bordering the city to the southwest. MSP serves 17 commercial passenger airlines<ref>{{cite web |title=Airlines |publisher=MSP Airport (mspairport.com) |url=https://www.mspairport.com/flights-and-airlines/airlines |access-date=June 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604225354/https://www.mspairport.com/flights-and-airlines/airlines |archive-date=June 4, 2021}}</ref> and is the hub of [[Delta Air Lines]] and [[Sun Country Airlines]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Air Line Pilots Association |title=Pilot Groups |url=http://www.alpa.org/?tabid=183 |access-date=March 15, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709065118/http://www.alpa.org/?tabid=183 |archive-date=July 9, 2007}}</ref>