Editing St. Cloud, Minnesota (section)

===Transportation===
St. Cloud is a regional transportation hub within Minnesota. Major roadways including [[Interstate 94 in Minnesota|Interstate 94]], [[U.S. Route 10 in Minnesota|U.S. Highway 10]], and Minnesota State Highways [[Minnesota State Highway 15|15]] and [[Minnesota State Highway 23|23]] pass through the city.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=st.+cloud,+minnesota&ie=UTF8&ll=45.568871,-94.2136&spn=0.121133,0.32135&z=12&om=1|title= St. Cloud, Minnesota|access-date= May 19, 2007|publisher= Google Maps|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111213015629/http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=st.+cloud,+minnesota&ie=UTF8&ll=45.568871,-94.2136&spn=0.121133,0.32135&z=12&om=1|archive-date= December 13, 2011|url-status= live}}</ref>

[[Bus]] service within the city and to neighboring [[Sartell, Minnesota|Sartell]], [[Sauk Rapids, Minnesota|Sauk Rapids]], and [[Waite Park, Minnesota|Waite Park]] is offered through [[St. Cloud Metropolitan Transit Commission|St. Cloud Metro Bus]], which was recognized in 2007 as the best transit system of its size in North America. An innovative system gives transit buses a slight advantage at stoplights in order to improve efficiency and on-time performance.<ref>WCCO News, [http://wcco.com/local/St.cloud.buses.2.1090818.html "System Helps St. Cloud Buses Stay In The Green"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730052613/http://wcco.com/local/St.cloud.buses.2.1090818.html |date=July 30, 2010 }}, July 17, 2009.</ref> The Metro Bus Transit Center in the downtown area is also shared with [[Jefferson Lines]], providing national bus service.

Bus service links downtown St. Cloud and St. Cloud State University with the western terminus of the [[Northstar Line|Northstar Commuter Rail]] line in [[Big Lake (Metro Transit station)|Big Lake]], by the way of Northstar Link Commuter Bus, which in turn links to the [[Metro Transit (Minnesota)|Metro Transit]] bus and light rail system at [[Target Field (Metro Transit station)|Target Field Station]] in downtown [[Minneapolis]].

Several rail lines run through the city, which is [[St. Cloud (Amtrak station)|a stop]] on [[Amtrak]]'s ''[[Empire Builder]]'' passenger rail line.

St. Cloud is home to [[St. Cloud Regional Airport]], from which daily connecting flights to [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport]] were made on [[Delta Connection]], operated by [[Mesaba Airlines]], until January 1, 2010, when the service was discontinued. On December 15, 2012, Allegiant Air began nonstop flights between St. Cloud Regional Airport and Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, on Airbus 319 aircraft.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stcloudairport.com/|title=St. Cloud Airport Website|publisher=[[St. Cloud Airport]]|access-date=May 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620110639/http://www.stcloudairport.com/|archive-date=June 20, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Major highways====
* [[File:I-94.svg|24px|alt=|link=]] [[Interstate 94 in Minnesota|Interstate 94]]
* [[File:US 10.svg|24px|alt=|link=]] [[U.S. Route 10 in Minnesota|U.S. Highway 10]]
* [[File:MN-15.svg|24px|alt=|link=]] [[Minnesota State Highway 15]]
* [[File:MN-23.svg|24px|alt=|link=]] [[Minnesota State Highway 23]]