Editing Ticino (section)

==Transport==
[[File:GBT and the Weather 3 (south).jpg|thumb|[[Leventina Valley]]. Leading to Central Switzerland, the Gotthard axis consists of several railways and highways, here the [[A2 motorway (Switzerland)|A2 motorway]] and south portal of the [[Gotthard Base Tunnel]].]]

The [[Gotthard Pass|Gotthard]] is a strategic mountain pass of Central Switzerland and Ticino since the 13th century. Several tunnels underneath the Gotthard connect the canton to northern Switzerland: the first to open was the {{convert|15|km|mi}} long [[Gotthard Rail Tunnel]] in 1882, replacing the pass road, connecting [[Airolo]] with [[Göschenen]] in the [[canton of Uri]].<ref>{{HDS|42006|Gotthardbahn|author=Hans-Peter Bärtschi|date=29 July 2004}}</ref> A {{convert|17|km|mi|abbr=on}} motorway tunnel, the [[Gotthard Road Tunnel]], opened in 1980.<ref>{{HDS|7466|Gotthard Pass – The traffics from the late 19th century to the present}}</ref> A second rail tunnel through the pass, the [[Gotthard Base Tunnel]], was opened on 1 June 2016. The new tunnel is [[List of longest tunnels|the longest tunnel in the world]],<ref name="alpt">{{cite web |title=Alp Transit 2016: verso nuovi equilibri territoriali |url=http://www.ti.ch/dt/discorsi/2006/10202006_Convegno_AlpTransit_2016.pdf |date=20 October 2006 |language=it |publisher=Portal of canton of Ticino |access-date=8 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607023754/http://www.ti.ch/dt/discorsi/2006/10202006_Convegno_AlpTransit_2016.pdf |archive-date=7 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> reducing travel time between [[Zürich]] and [[Lugano]] to 1 hour 40 minutes.<ref name="alpt"/> It is the first flat route through the Alps and provides for the first time a low-level route to the cities of the [[Swiss Plateau]].

The [[Ceneri Base Tunnel]], inaugurated in 2020, constitutes another revolution in the canton, by providing fast links to both Locarno and Bellinzona from Lugano, and making the latter city an important railway node. The base tunnel bypasses the old [[Monte Ceneri]] axis.

[[File:Treno Gottardo bei Bellinzona.jpg|thumb|left|Treno Gottardo at Bellinzona]]
[[Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia]] (TiLo), a [[joint venture]] between the Italian [[Ferrovie dello Stato]] and the [[Swiss Federal Railways]] launched in 2004, manages the traffic between the regional railways of [[Lombardy]] and the Ticino railway network via a [[S-Bahn]] system.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tilo: un primo bilancio positivo |url=http://www.ti.ch/DT/dstm/sm/Temi/Tilo/doc/TILO_bilancio_2007.pdf |publisher=Portal of canton of Ticino |access-date=8 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010010650/http://www.ti.ch/DT/DSTM/SM/Temi/Tilo/doc/TILO_bilancio_2007.pdf |archive-date=10 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The canton is also served by the Treno Gottardo from northern Switzerland, operated by the [[Südostbahn]] (SOB).

The [[Regional Bus and Rail Company of Ticino]] provides the urban and suburban bus network of Locarno, operates the cable cars between Verdasio and Rasa, and between Intragna – Pila – Costa on behalf of the owning companies, and, together with an Italian company, the [[Domodossola–Locarno railway line|Centovalli and Vigezzina Railway]] which connects the Gotthard trans-Alpine rail route at Locarno with the [[Simplon Pass|Simplon]] trans-Alpine route at [[Domodossola]], with further connections with [[Brig, Switzerland|Brig]] in [[Valais]].

The canton has a higher than average incidence of traffic accidents, recording 16 deaths or serious injuries per 100 million km in the 2004–2006 period, compared to a Swiss average of 6.<ref>{{cite web|title=Regional differences in traffic accidents – bfu-report no. 62 – bfu_2.041.08_bfu-report no. 62 – Regional differences in traffic accidents|url=http://www.bfu.ch/sites/assets/Shop/bfu_2.041.08_bfu-report%20no.%2062%20%E2%80%93%20Regional%20differences%20in%20traffic%20accidents.pdf|publisher=Bureau de prévention des accidents|access-date=3 December 2014|page=71|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024752/http://www.bfu.ch/sites/assets/Shop/bfu_2.041.08_bfu-report%20no.%2062%20%E2%80%93%20Regional%20differences%20in%20traffic%20accidents.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Lugano Airport]] is the busiest airport in southeast Switzerland, serving some 200,000 passengers a year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Airport traffic statistics |url=http://www.airports.org/aci/ACI%20LAC/File/Downloads/Worldwide%20Airport%20Traffic%20Report_Sep.2005.pdf |date=6 December 2005 |publisher=[[Airports Council International]] |access-date=8 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120042631/http://www.airports.org/aci/ACI%20LAC/File/Downloads/Worldwide%20Airport%20Traffic%20Report_Sep.2005.pdf |archive-date=20 November 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>