Editing Canton, Ohio (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:SARTA Gillig -1298 (11198856014).jpg|thumb|A [[Stark Area Regional Transit Authority|SARTA]] bus in 2013]]
Canton is connected to the [[Interstate Highway System]] via [[Interstate 77]], which connects Canton to [[Marietta, Ohio|Marietta]] to the south and [[Cleveland]] to the north.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Driving Directions from Canton, OH to Cleveland, OH |url=https://www.mapquest.com/directions/list/1/us/oh/canton-282039850/to/us/oh/cleveland-282041215|access-date=February 8, 2022|website=www.mapquest.com|language=en}}</ref> [[U.S. Route 30]] connects Canton to [[Wooster, Ohio|Wooster]] westward and [[East Liverpool, Ohio|East Liverpool]] eastward. [[U.S. Route 62]] connects Canton to [[Millersburg, Ohio|Millersburg]] to the southwest and to [[Youngstown, Ohio|Youngstown]] to the northeast.

The city has several [[arterial road]]s, including [[State Route 43 (Ohio)|Ohio 43]] (Market Avenue, Walnut Avenue and Cherry Avenue), [[State Route 153 (Ohio)|Ohio 153]] (12th Street and Mahoning Road), [[State Route 172 (Ohio)|Ohio 172]] (Tuscarawas Street) / [[Lincoln Highway|The Lincoln Highway]], [[State Route 297 (Ohio)|Ohio 297]] (Whipple Avenue and Raff Avenue), [[State Route 627 (Ohio)|Ohio 627]] (Faircrest Street), [[State Route 687 (Ohio)|Ohio 687]] (Fulton Drive), and [[State Route 800 (Ohio)|Ohio 800]] (Cleveland Avenue) / A.K.A. Old Route 8.

Until 1990, [[Amtrak]]'s passenger trains ''[[Broadway Limited]]'' and the ''[[Capitol Limited]]'' made stops at [[Canton station (Ohio)|Canton station]]. Amtrak's ''[[Capitol Limited]]'' currently makes stops in [[Alliance station]], {{Convert|20|mi|km}} to the northeast. [[Norfolk Southern]] and the [[Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1990)|Wheeling and Lake Erie]] railroads provide freight service in Canton.

[[Stark Area Regional Transit Authority]] (SARTA) provides public transit bus service within the county, including service to [[Massillon, Ohio|Massillon]] and the [[Akron-Canton Regional Airport]]. In February 2022, it was reported that SARTA had hired a consultant group to study the feasibility of a [[light rail]] line from the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] to downtown Canton, with possible expansion to other locations around the county in the future.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SARTA hires consultant to explore light rail between Hall of Fame, downtown Canton|url=https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2022/02/03/wsp-examine-whether-light-rail-connection-makes-sense-canton-pro-football-hall-of-fame/9283351002/|access-date=February 8, 2022|website=The Repository|language=en}}</ref> In June of that same year, the full plan was released, calling for a nine-mile line from [[Akron–Canton Airport|Akron-Canton Airport]] to downtown, where it would run down 3rd street in a separated lane from traffic. It would connect to existing bus services near [[Belden Village Mall]] and Cornerstone Transit Center. A first round of public meetings was held.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 15, 2022 |title=Proposed streetcar service connecting 4 key economic hubs could be coming to Stark County |url=https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/akron-canton-news/proposed-streetcar-service-connecting-4-key-economic-hubs-could-be-coming-to-stark-county |access-date=June 16, 2022 |website=WEWS |language=en}}</ref>
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