Editing Beirut (section)

==Transportation==
{{main|Transport in Beirut}}
[[File:Beirut Airport DSC 0439.JPG|thumb|right|[[Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport]]]]
The city's renovated airport is the [[Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport|Rafic Hariri International Airport]], located in the southern suburbs. The [[Port of Beirut]], one of the largest and most commercial in the eastern Mediterranean, is another port of entry. As a final destination, Lebanon can be reached by road from Damascus via the Beqaa valley in the east.<ref name=bigFire>{{cite web |url=http://www.ikamalebanon.com/info/transportation.htm |title=Transportation & Communication |publisher=Ikamalebanon.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102003806/http://www.ikamalebanon.com/info/transportation.htm |archive-date=2 January 2010 |access-date=17 January 2010}}</ref>

Beirut has frequent bus connections to other cities in Lebanon and major [[List of cities in Syria|cities in Syria]] such as Homs and its capital Damascus. There are a number of different companies providing public transport in Lebanon. The publicly owned buses are managed by [[OCFTC|Office des Chemins de Fer et des Transports en Commun]] (OCFTC&nbsp;– "Railway and Public Transportation Authority"). Buses for northern destinations and Syria leave from Charles Helou Station.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/middle-east/lebanon/beirut/transport |title=Beirut Transport |work=Lonely Planet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024173134/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/middle-east/lebanon/beirut/transport |archive-date=24 October 2007}}</ref>

The ministry of transport and public works purchased an extra 250 intra and inter-buses in 2012 to better serve regions outside the capital as well as congestion-choked Beirut, hoping to lessen the use of private cars.{{Citation needed|date=April 2013}}

Beirut has also private buses that are provided by the Lebanese Commuting Company.

In 2017, Beirut introduced a bike sharing service in certain areas of the city.