Editing Białystok (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Hauptbahnof Białystok 2024.jpg|thumb|[[Białystok railway station]]]]
{{main|Transport in Białystok}}
The city is and has been for centuries, the main hub of transportation for the [[Podlaskie Voivodeship]] and the entire northeastern section of Poland. It is a major city on the European Union roadways ([[Via Baltica]])<ref>{{cite web
| title = Via Baltica: Los drogi niepewny. Nie ma gwarancji finansowania
| publisher = Gazeta Wspolczesna
| date = 2013-10-13
| url = http://www.wspolczesna.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20131008/REGION/131009806
| access-date = 2011-04-15
| language = pl
| archive-date = 2013-12-31
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131231143351/http://www.wspolczesna.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20131008/REGION/131009806
| url-status = live
 }}</ref> and railways ([[Rail Baltica]])<ref name="feasibility EU">{{cite web| url=http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docgener/evaluation/railbaltica/concl_en.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113040231/http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docgener/evaluation/railbaltica/concl_en.PDF |archive-date=2012-01-13 |url-status=live| title=Feasibility study on Rail Baltica railways| date=January 2007| website=Eu.europa.eu|access-date= 2011-04-16}}</ref> to the Baltic Republics and [[Finland]]. It is also a [[Belarus-Poland relations|main gateway of trade]] with Belarus due to its proximity to the border and its current and longstanding relationship with [[Grodno]], Belarus.

A traffic management system has been operating in Białystok since 2015. At 120 intersections, traffic lights are coordinated in such a way that cars and buses covered the route as quickly as possible. Special cameras record traffic, travel time. Drivers receive this information on 19 boards set among others at the intersections on Wasilkowska Street, Antoniuk-Fabryczny Street and Kleeberga Street.<ref name="Patrycja Piórkowska p. 110">Patrycja Piórkowska. Komunikacja miejska jako element systemu transportowego miasta Białystok – wyniki badań, p. 110</ref>

===Railways===
Passenger trains connect from [[Suwałki]], [[Grodno]] and [[Lithuania]] to [[Warsaw]] and the rest of the European passenger network. Passenger services are provided by two rail service providers, [[PKP Intercity]] that provides intercity passengers trains (express, intercity, eurocity, hotel and TLK)<ref>{{cite web | title = PKP Intercity | url = http://www.intercity.pl/ | access-date = 23 January 2010 | language = pl | archive-date = 6 February 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120206094830/http://www.intercity.pl/ | url-status = live }}</ref> and [[Przewozy Regionalne|Polregio]] that operates only regional passenger trains financed by the [[voivodeship]]. Passenger trains are mostly run using electrical multiple units (on electrified lines) or rail buses.<ref>{{cite web | title = Przewozy Regionalne | url = http://www.przewozyregionalne.pl/ | access-date = 2010-01-23| archive-url= http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160111011215/http://www.przewozyregionalne.pl/| archive-date= 11 January 2016 | url-status= live|language=pl}}</ref>

===Buses===
[[File:PKS Nova Dworzec.jpg|thumb|[[Białystok bus station|Main bus station]]]]
[[File:Solaris Urbino 12 Bialystok.JPG|thumb|alt=Example picture of public bus service in the city|[[Solaris Urbino]] 18 W29 bus operated by BKM in Białystok]]
There is an extensive bus network that covers the entire city by three bus services, but no tram or subway exists. The three bus operators (KPKM, KPK and KZK) are owned by the city and each shares approximately a third of the lines and the bus fleet.<ref>{{cite web
| title = Transport No.UT-5, page 3
| publisher = World Bank
| date = April 1996
 | url = http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTTRANSPORT/Resources/336291-1119275973157/td-ut5.pdf
| access-date = 2011-04-15
| archive-date = 2016-03-03
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180159/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTTRANSPORT/Resources/336291-1119275973157/td-ut5.pdf
| url-status = live
 }}</ref>

===Roads and highways===
The [[National roads in Poland|National Roads]] ({{langx|pl|Droga krajowa}}) running through Białystok:
* {{Jct|country=POL|DK|8}} / {{Jct|country=EUR|E|67}}: [[Budzisko]] ([[Lithuania–Poland border]]) – Białystok – [[Warsaw]] – [[Wrocław]] – [[Kudowa-Zdrój]] ([[Czech Republic–Poland border|Czech–Polish border]])
* {{Jct|country=POL|DK|19}}: [[Rzeszów]] – [[Lublin]] – [[Bielsk Podlaski]] – Białystok – [[Kuźnica, Podlaskie Voivodeship|Kuźnica]] ([[Belarus–Poland border]])
* {{Jct|country=POL|DK|65}}: [[Gołdap]] ([[Poland–Russia border]])-[[Ełk]]-Białystok-[[Bobrowniki]] ([[Belarus–Poland border]])
The [[Highways in Poland|expressways]] ({{langx|pl|Droga ekspresowa}}) near Białystok:
* {{Jct|country=POL|S|8}} / {{Jct|country=EUR|E|67}}: Białystok – [[Warsaw]] – [[Wrocław]]
* {{Jct|country=POL|S|19}} ''(projected)'': [[Rzeszów]] – [[Lublin]] – [[Bielsk Podlaski]] – Białystok – [[Kuźnica, Podlaskie Voivodeship|Kuźnica]] (Belarus–Polish border)
The [[Voivodeship road]]s ({{langx|pl|Droga wojewódzka}}) running through Białystok::
* {{Jct|country=POL|DW|669}}: Trasa Niepodległości (Narodowych Sił Zbrojnych Street, Niepodległości Avenue, Padarewskiego Avenue)
* {{Jct|country=POL|DW|675}}: Tysiąclecia Państwa Polskiego Avenue ({{langx|pl|aleja Tysiąclecia Państwa Polskiego}})
* {{Jct|country=POL|DW|676}}: Porosły - Białystok - Supraśl - Krynki
* {{Jct|country=POL|DW|678}}: Białystok - [[Wysokie Mazowieckie]]

In [[powiat białostocki|Białystok Country]] ({{langx|pl|powiat białostocki}}) there are also [[Roads in Poland|Poviat roads]] ({{langx|pl|Droga powiatowa}}) which connect Białystok with other towns in the area:<ref>Patrycja Piórkowska. Komunikacja miejska jako element systemu transportowego miasta Białystok – wyniki badań, p. 106</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.powiatbialostocki.pl/pl/drogi-powiatowe.html| title = Drogi powiatowe| access-date = 2020-03-08| archive-date = 2020-03-01| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200301045053/http://www.powiatbialostocki.pl/pl/drogi-powiatowe.html| url-status = live}}</ref>{{efn|The mentioned roads do not pass through the city.}}

{{show
| 1 = Poviat roads
| 2 = 
* Poviat Road 1431 B: Białystok (42 Pułku Piechoty Street) - [[Sowlany]]
* Poviat Road 1432 B: Białystok (Ciołkowskiego and Baranowicka streets) - [[Zielona, Gmina Supraśl|Zielona]],
* Poviat Road 1483 B: Białystok (Filipowicza) - [[Hryniewicze]]
* Poviat Road 1484 B: Białystok (Mickiewicza Street) - [[Stanisławowo, Białystok County|Stanisławowo]]
* Poviat Road 1485 B: Białystok (Plażowa Street) - Dojlidy Górne
* Poviat Road 1493 B: Białystok (Wiosenna Street) - [[Olmonty]]
* Poviat Road 1535 B: Białystok (Popiełuszki, Hetmańska and Wierzbowa Streets) - [[Choroszcz]]
* Poviat Road 1550 B: Białystok (Niewodnicka, Meksykańska, Nowosielska and Elewatorska streets) - [[Klepacze]] - [[Niewodnica Kościelna]],
* Poviat Road 1559 B: Białystok - [[Kleosin]]
}}

===Bicycle===
[[File:20230625 124103 June 2023 in Białystok.jpg|thumb|BiKeR bicycle racks in Białystok]]
By 2020, there were already over {{convert|158|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} of bicycle paths in Białystok.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/BDL/dane/teryt/jednostka|title=Local Data Bank|access-date=8 March 2022|publisher=Statistics Poland|archive-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422210113/https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/BDL/dane/teryt/jednostka|url-status=live}} Data for territorial unit 2061000.</ref>
The municipal bicycle renting system is called BiKeR and was opened in 2014. The system was initially based on 30 stations equipped with 300 bikes. The city has four public bicycle repair stations, in which one can fix their private bikes. The stations are located in places where the highest traffic of city bikes was observed.<ref name="Patrycja Piórkowska p. 110"/>

===Airports===
A civil airport, [[Białystok-Krywlany Airport]], lies within the city limits, but does not provide regularly scheduled service. There were plans in 2011 to build a new regional airport, ''Białystok-Saniki Airport'', that would have provided flights within Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lotnisko-saniki.pl/ |title=Białystok-Saniki Airport |access-date=2013-10-24 |language=pl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620022945/http://www.lotnisko-saniki.pl/ |archive-date=20 June 2013 }}</ref>
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