Editing Rapid City, South Dakota (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
====Public Transit====
Rapid City is served by [[Rapid City Rapid Ride]], which provides fixed route and demand response service to the region.

Rapid City has a municipally owned bus service, providing multiple [[bus stops]] and a headquarters in the city. It has limited city-to-city bus service along I-90. Charter bus services operate in the area, connecting Rapid City and Deadwood with cities in Colorado, Nebraska, and Iowa.

Intercity bus service to the city is provided by [[Jefferson Lines]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jeffersonlines.com/bus-stops/south-dakota/|title=South Dakota Bus Stops|access-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref>

====Roads====
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* [[Interstate 90 in South Dakota|Interstate 90]]
* [[Interstate 190 (South Dakota)|Interstate 190]]
* [[U.S. Route 16 in South Dakota|US Highway 16]]
* [[South Dakota Highway 44]]
* [[South Dakota Highway 79]]

====Air====
[[Rapid City Regional Airport]] provides flights to the airline hub cities, and has [[general aviation]] operations, including wildfire fighting activities, and medical flight support to Rapid City medical facilities and regional Indian Health Service operations.

====Railroads====
Historically, Rapid City was primarily served by two railroads: the [[Chicago & North Western Railway]] and the [[Milwaukee Road]]. Following extensive restructuring in the industry in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the city is now served only by the [[Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad]] (RCP&E). Rapid City has no passenger train service, and was last served in 1960 by the C&NW's [[Dakota 400]], a daily train from [[Chicago]] to Rapid City via [[Rochester, Minnesota|Rochester]].

===Power===
Rapid City is located on the boundary of the Western and Eastern power grids. It is served by the hydroelectric plants of the two Mainstem dams on the Missouri River, and the large coal fields and power plants of the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. It is located where the two national power grids connect with each other, allowing switching of electrical power from east to west and vice versa. Rapid City had its own coal-fired power plant but could not afford to meet current air pollution standards and closed it. Closed for similar reasons were [[coal-fired power station]]s near [[Gillette, Wyoming]]. The Ben French power station located within city boundaries shut down September 2012, more than two years ahead of its scheduled shutdown. Rapid City now obtains much of its power from the Missouri dams and importing it from elsewhere. Following the shut down of the plants dependent on coal, electrical rates have increased. The city has had to spend more to import electricity over a longer distance.

===Water===
[[File:Officer candidates step off to final training phase 110716-A-DI382-012.jpg|thumb|[[National Guard of the United States|National Guard]] officer candidates take part in a 
tactical road march through a west Rapid City neighborhood.]]

Rapid City obtains most of its water supply from Rapid Creek and the alluvial aquifers associated with the creek, owning significant water rights in Pactola Reservoir located some {{convert|15|mi|km|0}} west of the city, but does also obtain water from some springs in the vicinity, and has the ability to draw water from deep formations that receive water from recharge in areas of the Black Hills where the formations come to the surface. The heavy dependence on shallow alluvial aquifers is of some concern to planners, as most suburbs of Rapid City use septic systems for domestic sewage treatment. However, water supplies remain relatively good for future growth.

===Healthcare===
Hospitals include:
* Monument Health Rapid City Hospital, a level 2 Trauma Center, and the busiest emergency department in South Dakota with 57,000 visits annually.
* Black Hills Surgical Hospital
* [[Indian Health Service]]’s Oyate Health Center provides care to the Native American community

===Emergency services===
Emergency medical services are provided by the Rapid City Fire Department. Emergency medical transportation by rotor and fixed wing aircraft is provided by Black Hills Life Flight, and MARC (Medical Air Rescue Company).