Editing Scranton, Pennsylvania (section)

==Transportation==
===Air===
{{Further|Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport}}
The [[Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport]] is located in nearby [[Avoca, Pennsylvania|Avoca]]. The airport is serviced by [[American Airlines]], [[Regional Sky]], and [[United Airlines|United]]. The [[Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport]] is also located in the metropolitan area and serves primarily as a general aviation facility.<ref>{{cite web |title=KAVP – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport |url=https://www.airnav.com/airport/KAVP |website=AirNav |access-date=January 17, 2020 |archive-date=January 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200119054059/http://airnav.com/airport/KAVP |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Highways===
Scranton is served by several major highways. [[Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 81]] runs along the southeastern and northern edges of the city, connecting Scranton with [[Binghamton, New York]], to the north and [[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania|Wilkes-Barre]] to the south. The [[President Biden Expressway]] (formerly known as the Central Scranton Expressway) provides a freeway connection from downtown Scranton to I-81. [[Interstate 476]], the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, runs along the western edge of the city, connecting Scranton with [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]] and [[Philadelphia]] to the south and terminating just north of Scranton in [[Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania|Clarks Summit]]. While not inside the city limits of Scranton, Interstates [[Interstate 84 in Pennsylvania|84]] and [[Interstate 380 (Pennsylvania)|380]] terminate with I-81 in nearby Dunmore. I-84 connects the Scranton area to [[New England]], and I-380 connects to a junction with [[Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 80]] near [[Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania|Mount Pocono]].

[[U.S. Route 11 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 11]] enters Scranton from the south, moving through the downtown area and into the northern part of the city as a freeway known as the North Scranton Expressway. [[U.S. Route 6 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 6]] moves through the northeastern edge of the city, running as a freeway concurrent with I-81.

Scranton is also served by one state highway, [[Pennsylvania Route 307]], which mostly runs along U.S. Route 11 through the city.

===Public and private buses===
{{Further|County of Lackawanna Transit System}}
Scranton's provider of public transportation is the [[County of Lackawanna Transit System]] (COLTS). COLTS buses provide extensive service within the city and more limited service that reaches in all directions to [[Carbondale, Pennsylvania|Carbondale]], [[Covington Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania|Daleville]], [[Pittston]], and [[Benton Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania|Fleetville]]. The other bussing company is the [[Luzerne County Transportation Authority]] (LCTA), which mainly runs through The Minooka section (closest to Luzerne County) and Downtown Scranton by The Marketplace at Steamtown. LCTA takes passengers from Scranton to the [[Mohegan Pennsylvania]] racino in [[Plains, Pennsylvania|Plains]].

[[Martz Trailways]] and [[Greyhound Lines]] provide coach bus transportation from its downtown station to [[New York City]], Philadelphia, and other [[Northeastern United States|Northeastern]] destinations.

Several jitney companies operate from Scranton through Stroudsburg to [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]] and [[New York City]] via I-80.

===Railroads===
Rail transportation, in both freight and passenger, were vital to the city's historic growth. The city was a hub, serving the [[Central Railroad of New Jersey]] (CNJ), the [[Delaware and Hudson Railway]], the [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]] (DLW), the [[Erie Railroad]], and the [[Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad]] (LWV), with routes radiating in all directions, to New York state's Southern Tier, to several points in Pennsylvania, and to parts of [[North Jersey]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Index of Railroad Stations, 1480|journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=74 |issue=1 |date=June 1941}}</ref> The [[Scranton station (Central Railroad of New Jersey)|CNJ station]] and the [[Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel|DLW station]] were the last to lose passenger service, in the early 1950s and in 1970, respectively.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Central Railroad of New Jersey, Table 1|journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=87 |issue=7 |date=December 1954}}</ref><ref name="roddy">{{cite news |title= Repeating for All Needing |first=  Michael|last=Roddy |newspaper= Associated Press|date= December 30, 1982}}</ref>

Freight rail remains important in Scranton. The [[Norfolk Southern Railway]] runs freight trains on the former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (DL&W) line between Scranton and [[Binghamton, New York]], having taken over operations from the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] (Delaware and Hudson Railway division) in 2015. The [[Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad]] serves the former DL&W Keyser Valley branch in the city.

The [[Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad]], as designated operator of county-owned rail lines, oversees the former Delaware and Hudson line from Scranton north to [[Carbondale, Pennsylvania|Carbondale]], the former DL&W line east to the [[Delaware Water Gap]] and the former Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad third-rail [[interurban streetcar]] line south to Montage Mountain, [[Moosic]] and the Minooka Industrial Track. These lines host the seasonal passenger trains of both the [[Steamtown National Historic Site]] and the [[Electric City Trolley Museum]] and are under the jurisdiction of the [[Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority]].

The PNRRA was created by [[Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania|Lackawanna County]] and [[Monroe County, Pennsylvania|Monroe County]] to oversee the use of common rail freight lines in [[Northeastern Pennsylvania]], including one formerly owned by [[Conrail]] running from Scranton, through the [[Pocono Mountains]] towards [[New Jersey]] and [[New York City]] markets.

One of its primary objectives is to reestablish rail passenger service to [[Hoboken, New Jersey]] and New York City. Regular passenger train service to Scranton is slated to be restored [[Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project|under a plan]] to extend [[NJ Transit]] service from Hoboken via the [[Lackawanna Cut-Off]].  That project is ongoing as rail is being laid down in New Jersey.<ref name="njt">{{cite web|url=http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=Project019To|title=Lackawanna Cutoff|publisher=[[New Jersey Transit]]|date=October 2009|access-date=January 2, 2011|archive-date=November 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115102505/http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=Project019To|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="njarp_2009">{{cite web|title=NJ-ARP Annual Report 2008–2009 |date=November 19, 2009 |url=http://www.nj-arp.org/annrpt_09.pdf |access-date=January 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101043557/http://www.nj-arp.org/annrpt_09.pdf |archive-date=January 1, 2011 }}</ref> The trains would pass the Lackawanna Station building and pull in at [[Scranton (NJT station)|the new Scranton station]] on Lackawanna Avenue along the northernmost track east of Bridge 60, the railroad bridge over the [[Lackawanna River]], and the Cliff Street underpass.<ref>NEW JERSEY – PENNSYLVANIA LACKAWANNA CUT-OFF
PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE RESTORATION PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, [[U.S. Department of Transportation]], [[Federal Transit Administration]] and NEW JERSEY TRANSIT in Cooperation with the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]], June 2008.</ref> In December 2023, the [[Federal Railroad Administration]] granted $500,000 for planning studies into the Scranton to New York City corridor to fulfill step 1 of its [[Corridor Identification and Development Program]].<ref name="PR20231205">{{cite news |work=[[Pocono Record]] |title=Federal Railroad Admin chooses Scranton-NYC Amtrak route to move forward |first=Kathryne |last=Rubright |date=December 5, 2023 |url=https://www.poconorecord.com/story/news/local/2023/12/05/scranton-nyc-amtrak-route-gets-500k-move-forward/71813416007/ |access-date=January 16, 2024}}</ref>

===Cabs===
Private operators such as Burgit's Electric City Taxi service the Scranton area, but they are hired by telephone through central dispatch and cannot be hailed on the street as in larger cities.