Editing Manhattan, Kansas (section)

==Transportation==
In 2009, the Manhattan, Kansas, metropolitan statistical area (MSA) ranked as the fifth highest in the United States for percentage of commuters who walked to work (8.5 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acs-15.pdf|series=American Community Survey Reports|title=Commuting in the United States: 2009|access-date=December 26, 2017|date=September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726134351/https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acs-15.pdf|archive-date=July 26, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Airports===
[[File:Manhattan Regional Airport New Terminal.jpg|thumb|right|Manhattan Regional Airport New Terminal (2021)]]
[[Manhattan Regional Airport]] (MHK) is located {{convert|2|mi|0}} west of Manhattan on [[K-18 (Kansas highway)|K-18]], and is the second busiest commercial airport in Kansas.  The airport is served by [[American Airlines]] subsidiary [[American Eagle Airlines|American Eagle]], which offers multiple flights daily to Chicago's [[O'Hare International Airport]] and the [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport]], as well as handling [[general aviation]] and charter flights. The nearest larger commercial airports are in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] ([[Kansas City International Airport|MCI]]) and [[Wichita, Kansas]] ([[Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport|ICT]]).

===Rail===
[[File:Manhattan Kansas Union Pacific station.JPG|thumb|right|The former Union Pacific passenger [[Station building|depot]] has been repurposed as an event space.]]
Domestic [[train|passenger rail]] service to Manhattan began on August 20, 1866, on the [[Kansas Pacific Railroad]] line.<ref name=Frontier/> A mainline of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] still passes through the city, but all passenger service to Manhattan was discontinued after the [[Amtrak]] takeover of [[passenger rail]] in 1971. The nearest Amtrak stop is the [[Topeka station]] serving the [[Southwest Chief]].

The [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad|Rock Island Railroad]] also formerly served Manhattan as a stop on Rock Island's Kansas City–Colorado Springs [[Rocky Mountain Rocket]] service.<ref>[http://www.streamlinerschedules.com/concourse/track8/rockymtrocket194106.html "Rocky Mountain Rocket" Schedule, Retrieved 15-3-11]</ref> The Rock Island depot was located between Fifth and Sixth streets, along former El Paso Street (now Fort Riley Boulevard).  The former railroad [[Right-of-way (transportation)|right-of-way]] was converted to Manhattan's main southern east–west arterial road, [[K-18 (Kansas highway)|Fort Riley Boulevard]], as well as a [[rail-trail]], [[linear park]] up the [[Wildcat Creek (Kansas River tributary)|Wildcat Creek valley]] through Manhattan's west side.

===Intercity bus service===
[[Intercity bus service]] is available via [[Greyhound Lines]]. Arrow Stage Line operates a charter service out of local facilities on McCall Road.

===Public transportation===
Within the City of Manhattan, [[general public transportation]] is provided by Riley County's [[ATA Bus]] service. ATA Bus started its first fixed-route bus route in Manhattan in 2011.<ref>[http://www.rileycountyks.gov/index.asp?nid=795 "ATA Bus"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120805204438/http://www.rileycountyks.gov/index.asp?nid=795 |date=August 5, 2012 }} [[Riley County, Kansas]], Retrieved on April 8, 2009</ref>

Historically, the city operated a [[streetcar]] system from 1909 to 1928.  The trolley tracks were torn up and replaced by bus service in 1928, which was later also discontinued.

===Highways===
Manhattan is served by several highways:
* {{jct|state=KS|I|70|US|40}} runs about {{convert|9|mi|km|0}} south of Manhattan. Three exits have a direct connection to Manhattan.
** Exit 313 – [[K-177 (Kansas highway)|K-177]]
** Exit 307 – McDowell Creek Road
** Exit 303 – [[K-18 (Kansas highway)|K-18]]
* {{jct|state=KS|US|24}} runs through Manhattan.  East on 24 is Wamego, west is Clay Center. US-24 comes in from Clay Center, runs north of the city, turns into a four-lane highway near Tuttle Creek State Park and travels south into the city as Tuttle Creek Boulevard until an intersection with East Poyntz Avenue, and then turns northeast towards Wamego.
* {{jct|state=KS|K|177}} runs north from I-70 as [[Bill Snyder]] Highway until the Kansas River viaduct. A half-leaf interchange with [[K-18 (Kansas highway)|K-18]] (Tuttle Creek Blvd. and Ft. Riley Blvd.) and officially ends at the intersection with [[U.S. Route 24 (Kansas)|U.S. Route 24]] in Manhattan.
* {{jct|state=KS|K|18}} is a major connector in Manhattan. It begins about {{convert|18|mi|km}} east of Manhattan, at [[K-99 (Kansas highway)|K-99]]. It runs through Wabaunsee and Zeandale to K-177, crosses to Kansas River, and runs west toward the [[Manhattan Regional Airport]] and Ogden. It then travels south to I-70 as a major gateway to Manhattan.
* {{jct|state=KS|K|113}} (Seth Child Road) runs from [[K-18 (Kansas highway)|K-18]] in southern Manhattan to [[U.S. Route 24|US-24]], passing through the western areas of the city.

Historically, Manhattan was located on the national [[Victory Highway]], one of the original 1920s [[auto trail]]s.  With the creation of the [[United States Numbered Highways|numbered federal highway system]] in 1926, the highway became [[U.S. Route 40 in Kansas|U.S. Route 40]].  From 1926 to 1935, Route 40 diverged west out of Manhattan into "40N" and "40S" routes; the two routes met again in [[Limon, Colorado]].<ref>{{cite web | last = Weingroff  | first = Richard | title = From Names to Numbers: The Origins of the U.S. Numbered Highway System | publisher=Federal Highway Administration | url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/numbers.cfm | access-date = May 18, 2011 }}</ref>

In the 1950s, Route 40 was rerouted nine miles south of Manhattan, due to security concerns that originally arose during World War II about the highway passing through neighboring [[Fort Riley]].<ref name=Frontier/> The new route followed a more direct line between Topeka and Junction City, and in 1956 it was designated as [[Interstate 70 (Kansas)|Interstate 70]].