Editing Lafayette, Louisiana (section)

==Transportation==
[[Lafayette Regional Airport]]—located on [[U.S. Route 90|U.S. Highway 90]] (future [[Interstate 49]]), on the southeast side of the city with daily scheduled passenger airline services nonstop to [[Atlanta]], [[Dallas]]/[[Fort Worth]], [[Houston]] and effective April 2, 2021 to [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]]—is the primary airport for Acadiana. Charter services also depart Lafayette Regional as well as helicopter flights and cargo jets. A new airline passenger terminal at the Lafayette airport opened on January 20, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daigle |first=Adam |title=After seven-year journey, new LFT terminal a reality: 'You got it done' |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/business/article_9ddf6e94-7977-11ec-9038-03ca823566d5.html |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=The Acadiana Advocate |date=19 January 2022 |publisher=The Advocate |language=en}}</ref>

Alongside its aerial transportation methods, [[Interstate 10 in Louisiana|Interstate 10]] and Interstate 49 are the primary highways, with a passenger rail. The [[Amtrak]] ''[[Sunset Limited]]'' offers service three days a week from [[New Orleans]] and [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] with selected stops in Louisiana, Texas, [[New Mexico]], [[Arizona]] and California. Connections are available in New Orleans to [[Chicago]] and to the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] via Atlanta. Service eastward to [[Orlando, Florida]] remains suspended in the aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]]. [[Greyhound]] also operates a station downtown on Lee Avenue with destinations east and west on I-10, north on I-49 and southeast on U.S. Hwy 90. The [[Lafayette Transit System]] (formerly City of Lafayette Transit (COLT)) provides bus service.<ref>{{Cite web |title=La DOTD - Transit Resource Guide |url=http://wwwapps.dotd.la.gov/multimodal/publictransportation/transitresources/Providers.aspx?Parish=28 |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=wwwapps.dotd.la.gov}}</ref>

There are certain areas within the city of Lafayette dedicated to growing into a bicycle-friendly community. The Lafayette MPO Bicycle Subcommittee meet once a month and has developed long-term goals for bicycling in the area. BikeLafayette is the area's bicycle advocacy organization which is very active in promoting bicycle awareness, safety, and education in Acadiana.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bike Lafayette |url=http://www.bikelafayette.org/ |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=Bike Lafayette |language=en |archive-date=May 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526232358/http://www.bikelafayette.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-18 |title=Dumped bikes getting a new purpose |url=https://www.katc.com/news/around-acadiana/lafayette-parish/2019/03/18/dumped-bikes-getting-a-new-purpose/ |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=KATC |publisher=Scripps Local Media |language=en}}</ref> TRAIL is an organization that promotes bicycling, canoeing, and pedestrian activities. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has installed an off-road paved bicycle path beginning at its Horticultural Center on Johnston Street extending up Cajundome Boulevard to Eraste Landry Road.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Douglas |first=Doug |date=2021-03-03 |title=UL Lafayette praised for having bicycle-friendly campus |url=https://www.klfy.com/local/lafayette-parish/ul-lafayette-praised-for-having-bicycle-friendly-campus/ |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=KLFY |publisher=Nexstar Media |language=en-US}}</ref> A number of out of use bicycle/pedestrian sidewalk paths remain from the 1970s and 1980s but are unsigned. A recreational trail extending from Downtown Lafayette into the Cypress Island region of Saint Martin Parish is under development. This path will connect neighboring Breaux Bridge and Saint Martinville with Lafayette.

U.S. Route 90 (co-signed with Evangeline Thruway, Mudd Avenue and Cameron Street within the city limits) and [[U.S. Route 167]] (co-signed with I-49, Evangeline Thruway and Johnston Street). Ambassador Caffery Parkway, named for [[Jefferson Caffery]], serves as a partial loop connecting I-10 at Exit 100 on the west and U.S. 90 on the south. Other arterial roads include Verot School Road ([[Louisiana Highway 339|LA 339]]), West Congress Street, Kaliste Saloom Road ([[Louisiana Highway 3095|LA 3095]]), Ridge Road, Carmel Drive/Breaux Bridge Highway ([[Louisiana Highway 94|LA 94]]), University Avenue ([[Louisiana Highway 182|LA 182]]), Pinhook Road (LA 182), Camellia Boulevard, Guilbeau Road, Moss Street, Willow Street, Louisiana Avenue, Pont Des Mouton Road, Eraste Landry Road, and South College Road.