Editing Louisiana (section)

==Transportation==
The [[Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development]] is the state government organization in charge of maintaining [[public transportation]], roadways, bridges, [[canal]]s, select [[levee]]s, floodplain management, port facilities, commercial vehicles, and aviation which includes 69 airports.

===Roads===
{{See also|List of Interstate Highways in Louisiana|List of U.S. Highways in Louisiana|List of state highways in Louisiana}}
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====Interstate highways====
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** {{jct|state=LA|I|220}}
* {{jct|state=LA|I|49}}
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====United States highways====
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** {{jct|state=LA|US|165}}
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** {{jct|state=LA|US|171}}
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In 2022, Louisiana ranked 5th highest for fatal crashes in the US with a rate of 19.7 deaths per 100,000 population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fatality Facts 2022: State by state |url=https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/state-by-state#fatal-crash-totals |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914095206/https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/state-by-state#fatal-crash-totals |archive-date=2024-09-14 |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=IIHS-HLDI crash testing and highway safety |language=en}}</ref>

===Rail===
{{Louisiana rail network}}
{{See also|List of Louisiana railroads}}

Six [[Class I railroad|Class I]] freight railroads operate in Louisiana: [[BNSF]], [[Canadian National]], [[CPKC]], [[CSX]], [[Norfolk Southern]] and [[Union Pacific]]. A number of Class II and Class III railroads also carry freight.

[[Amtrak]], the national passenger railroad, operates three long-distance rail routes through Louisiana. All three originate at [[New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal]]. The ''[[Crescent (train)|Crescent]]'' serves {{amtk|Slidell}} then runs northeast to {{amtk|New York}} via {{amtk|Birmingham}}, {{amtk|Atlanta}}, {{amtk|Charlotte}}, and {{amtk|Washington, D.C.}} The ''[[City of New Orleans]]'' stops at {{amtk|Hammond}} before continuing north to {{amtk|Chicago}} by way of {{amtk|Jackson||City of New Orleans}} and {{amtk|Memphis}}. The ''[[Sunset Limited]]'' serves {{amtk|Schriever}}, {{amtk|New Iberia}}, {{amtk|Lafayette}}, and {{amtk|Lake Charles}} on its route west to {{amtk|Los Angeles}} via {{amtk|Houston}}, {{amtk|San Antonio}}, {{amtk|El Paso}}, and {{amtk|Tucson}}. Before [[Hurricane Katrina]], the ''Sunset Limited'' ran as far east as {{amtk|Orlando}}.

===Mass transit===
[[File:New Orleans Streetcar 461 on Carondelet Street, 24 August 2021 - 04.jpg|thumb|A streetcar on the [[Streetcars in New Orleans|St. Charles Avenue Line]] in New Orleans]]
Predominantly serving [[New Orleans]], the [[New Orleans Regional Transit Authority]] is the largest transit agency in the state. Other transit organizations are [[St. Bernard Urban Rapid Transit]], [[Jefferson Transit (Louisiana)|Jefferson Transit]], [[Capital Area Transit System]], [[Lafayette Transit System]], [[Shreveport Area Transit System]], and [[Monroe Transit]], among others.

The Louisiana Transportation Authority (under the [[Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development]]) was created in 2001 to "promote, plan, finance, develop, construct, control, regulate, operate and maintain any tollway or transitway to be constructed within its jurisdiction. Development, construction, improvement, expansion, and maintenance of an efficient, safe, and well-maintained [[Intermodal passenger transport|intermodal transport]]ation system is essential to promote Louisiana's economic growth and the ability of Louisiana's business and industry to compete in regional, national, and global markets and to provide a high quality of life for the people of Louisiana."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Inside_LaDOTD/Divisions/Administration/LTA/Pages/default.aspx#:~:text=The+Louisiana+Transportation+Authority+%5BLTA,improvement,+expansion,+and+maintenance+of|title=Louisiana Transportation Authority|website=Wwwsp.dotd.la.gov|access-date=April 16, 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419203116/http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Inside_LaDOTD/Divisions/Administration/LTA/Pages/default.aspx#:~:text=The+Louisiana+Transportation+Authority+%5BLTA,improvement,+expansion,+and+maintenance+of|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Air===
{{See also|List of airports in Louisiana}}
[[Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport]] (MSY) is the busiest airport in Louisiana by an order of magnitude. It is also the second lowest-lying international airport in the world, at just {{convert|4.5|ft|m}} above sea level. There are six other [[FAA airport categories|primary airports]] in the state: [[Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport|Baton Rouge Metropolitan]], [[Shreveport Regional Airport|Shreveport Regional]], [[Lafayette Regional Airport|Lafayette Regional]], [[Alexandria International Airport (Louisiana)|Alexandria International]], [[Monroe Regional Airport (Louisiana)|Monroe Regional]], and [[Lake Charles Regional Airport|Lake Charles Regional]]. A total of 69 public-use airports exist in Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web |title=Aviation |url=http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Inside_LaDOTD/Divisions/Multimodal/Aviation/Pages/default.aspx |website=wwwsp.dotd.la.gov |publisher=[[Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development]]}}</ref>

===Waterways===
[[File:Intracoastal Waterway Louisiana.jpg|thumb|[[Gulf Intracoastal Waterway]] near New Orleans]]

The [[Gulf Intracoastal Waterway]] is an important means of transporting commercial goods such as petroleum and petroleum products, agricultural produce, building materials and manufactured goods. In 2018, the state sued the federal government to repair erosion along the waterway.<ref>{{cite web|title=Louisiana sues federal government to repair erosion along Gulf Intracoastal Waterway|url=https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_230c4837-0e54-5049-86b1-7e53f8c41953.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-10|website=NOLA.com|date=February 9, 2018 |language=en|archive-date=August 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810175755/https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_230c4837-0e54-5049-86b1-7e53f8c41953.html}}</ref>