Editing Appleton, Wisconsin (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
The city owns [[Valley Transit (Wisconsin)|Valley Transit]], a network of bus lines serving the Fox Valley. [[Amtrak Thruway]] and Lamers Bus Lines offer intercity buses serving such locations as Green Bay, Madison, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Milwaukee, and Chicago.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

In April 2021, [[Bird (transportation company)|Bird Rides]] launched a pilot program with 100 rentable electric scooters that users can operate throughout most of the city. In 2024, the city cut ties with Bird Rides, citing scooter parking concerns and concerns regarding Bird Rides' financial viability.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Behnke |first=Duke |title=Bird wants to return to Appleton and offers to fix persistent scooter parking problems |url=https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/local/2024/05/10/bird-tells-appleton-it-can-fix-persistent-scooter-parking-problems/73617632007/ |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=The Post-Crescent |language=en-US}}</ref> The founder of the company [[Travis VanderZanden]] grew up in the Appleton area.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Behnke |first1=Duke |title=Appleton's Bird scooter program provides more than 13,000 rides in the first four months |url=https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/local/2021/09/10/appletons-bird-scooters-provide-13-000-rides-first-four-months/5696068001/ |access-date=September 22, 2021 |work=The Post-Crescent}}</ref>

Roads include:
* [[Interstate 41 in Wisconsin|Interstate 41]]
* [[US 10]]
* [[U.S. Route 41 in Wisconsin|US 41]]
* [[WIS 47]]
* [[WIS 96]]
* [[WIS 125]]
* [[WIS 441]]

===Rail===
Appleton is crisscrossed by the former main lines of the [[Chicago and North Western Railway]] (southwest-northeast) and the [[Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway]] (roughly southeast–northwest, and now largely abandoned except for local service to area paper mills and other industries). A north-south branch of the former [[Wisconsin Central Ltd.|Wisconsin Central Railroad]] passes on the west side of the city. All rail service is now operated by [[Canadian National Railway]]. Appleton has no intercity [[passenger rail]] service, although studies are being undertaken on the feasibility of extending [[Amtrak]] rail service to the Fox Cities and Green Bay.

===Airport===
The [[Appleton International Airport]] is {{convert|6|mi}} west of downtown Appleton. With four major airlines, the airport has an annual volume of over one million passengers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 September 2024 |title=Bureau Of Transportation Statistics Data: Appleton International (ATW) |url=https://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?20=E&Nv42146=Ngj&Nv42146_anzr=N22yr610,%20jV:%20N22yr610%20V06r40n6v10ny&pn44vr4=SNPgf |access-date=31 December 2024 |website=Bureau of Transportation Statistics}}</ref>