Editing Montgomery, Alabama (section)

==Transportation==
Two interstate highways run through Montgomery. [[Interstate 65]] is the primary north–south freeway through the city leading between [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] and [[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]] to the north and [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]] to the south. Montgomery is the southern terminus of [[Interstate 85]], another north–south freeway (though running east–west in the city), which leads northeast to [[Atlanta]] and [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]]. The major surface street thoroughfare is a loop consisting of [[State Route 152 (Alabama)|State Route 152]] in the north, [[U.S. Highway 231]] and [[U.S. Highway 80]] in the east, [[U.S. Highway 82]] in the south, and [[U.S. Route 31 in Alabama|U.S. Highway 31]] along the west of the city. The [[Alabama Department of Transportation]] is planning the Outer Montgomery Loop to connect [[Interstate 85]] near [[Mount Meigs, Alabama|Mt. Meigs]] to [[U.S. Highway 80]] southwest of the city.<ref name="Loop">{{cite web |title=Senator Richard C. Shelby |url=http://shelby.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=258851 |access-date=June 28, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20080530101809/http%3A//shelby%2Esenate%2Egov/news/record%2Ecfm?id%3D258851 |archive-date=May 30, 2008}}</ref> Upon completion of the loop, it will carry the I-85 designation while the original I-85 into the city center will be redesignated [[Interstate 685 (Alabama)|I-685]].

[[Montgomery Area Transit System]] (The M) provides public transportation with buses serving the city. The system has 32 buses providing an average of 4500 passenger trips daily.<ref name="MATS">{{cite web |title=Montgomery Area Transit System |url=https://themtransit.com/ |access-date=March 4, 2024 |archive-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111170722/https://themtransit.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The M's ridership has shown steady growth since the system was revamped in 2000; the system served over 1 million passenger trips in 2008.<ref name="MATS2">{{cite web |title=Chart FY 08.pdf |url=http://www.montgomerytransit.com/Chart%20FY%2008.pdf |access-date=June 28, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910133202/http://www.montgomerytransit.com/Chart%20FY%2008.pdf |archive-date=September 10, 2008}}</ref> [[Greyhound Lines]] operates a terminal in Montgomery for intercity bus travel in the downtown Intermodal Transit Facility.<ref name="Greyhound">{{cite web |title=Bus stations and stops in Montgomery, AL |url=https://www.greyhound.com/bus/montgomery-al |publisher=Greyhound Bus Lines |access-date=March 4, 2024 |archive-date=March 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305005440/https://www.greyhound.com/bus/montgomery-al |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Montgomery Regional Airport]], also known as Dannelly Field, is the major airport serving Montgomery. It serves primarily as an [[Air National Guard]] base and for general aviation, but commercial airlines fly to regional connections to [[Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]], [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas–Fort Worth]] and [[Charlotte/Douglas International Airport|Charlotte]].<ref name="Dannelly">{{cite web |title=Canceled flights: Continental drops Montgomery routes |url=http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080613/NEWS/806130371 |access-date=June 28, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627235259/http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080613%2FNEWS%2F806130371 |archive-date=June 27, 2014 }}</ref>

Passenger rail service to Montgomery was enhanced in 1898 with the opening of [[Union Station (Montgomery)|Union Station]]. Service continued until 1979, when [[Amtrak]] terminated its [[Floridian (train, 1971–1979)|Floridian]] route.<ref name="Floridian">{{cite web |title=Floridian |url=http://www.saveamtrak.org/floridian.html |access-date=June 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621213805/http://www.saveamtrak.org/floridian.html |archive-date=June 21, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> Amtrak returned from 1989 until 1995 with the [[Gulf Breeze (Amtrak)|Gulf Breeze]], an extension of the [[Crescent (Amtrak)|Crescent]] line.<ref name="Gulf Breeze">{{cite web |title=Gulf Breeze |url=http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1260931 |access-date=June 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221132321/http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1260931 |archive-date=February 21, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>

According to the 2016 [[American Community Survey]], 84.3% of working city of Montgomery residents commuted by driving alone, 8.8% carpooled, 0.4% used public transportation, and 0.6% walked. About 3.5% used all other forms of transportation, including taxicab, motorcycle, and bicycle. About 5.9% of working city of Montgomery residents worked at home.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Census Reporter |access-date=May 18, 2018 |title=Means of Transportation to Work by Age |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B08101&geo_ids=16000US0151000&primary_geo_id=16000US0151000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520054007/https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B08101&geo_ids=16000US0151000&primary_geo_id=16000US0151000 |archive-date=May 20, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Despite the high level of commuting by automobile, 8.5% of city of Montgomery households were without a car in 2015, which increased to 11% in 2016. The national average was 8.7 percent in 2016. Montgomery averaged 1.62 cars per household in 2016, compared to a national average of 1.8 per household.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Car Ownership in U.S. Cities Data and Map |journal=Governing |date=December 9, 2014 |url=http://www.governing.com/gov-data/car-ownership-numbers-of-vehicles-by-city-map.html |access-date=May 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511162014/http://www.governing.com/gov-data/car-ownership-numbers-of-vehicles-by-city-map.html |archive-date=May 11, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>