Editing Palermo (section)

== Economy and infrastructure ==

[[File:Mondello palermo2.jpg|thumb|The Mondello Beach, one of the main tourist destinations]]

As Sicily's administrative capital, Palermo is a centre for much of the region's finance, tourism and commerce. The city currently hosts an [[Palermo Airport|international airport]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.palermo-pmo.airports-guides.com/ |title=Palermo Falcone Borsellino Airport (PMO) Information: Airport in Punta Raisi Area, Italy |publisher=Palermo-pmo.airports-guides.com |access-date=20 April 2010 |archive-date=16 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100416071250/http://www.palermo-pmo.airports-guides.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and Palermo's [[economic growth]] over the years has brought the opening of many new businesses. The economy mainly relies on tourism and [[service (economics)|services]], but also has commerce, shipbuilding and agriculture.<ref name="bcglocations.com">{{cite web |url=http://bcg.thetimes.co.uk/Europe/Italy/Palermo |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130109055412/http://bcg.thetimes.co.uk/Europe/Italy/Palermo |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 January 2013 |title=The Sunday Times guide: Palermo |publisher=[[The Times]] |access-date=3 April 2011 }}</ref> The city, however, still has high unemployment levels, high corruption and a significant [[black market]] empire (Palermo being the home of the [[Sicilian Mafia]]).

=== Public transport ===

Palermo has a local railway called the [[Palermo metropolitan railway service]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.subways.net/italy/palermo.htm |title=Palermo Subway Metro Light Rail |publisher=Subways.net |access-date=20 April 2010 |archive-date=28 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628185521/http://www.subways.net/italy/palermo.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Punta Raisi staz ferr treni.jpg|thumb|Trains at [[Punta Raisi]]]]

=== Buses ===

Palermo's public bus system is operated by AMAT<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.amat.pa.it/ |title=Home |first=Carlo Di |last=Bella |access-date=22 January 2011 |archive-date=25 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625072009/http://www.amat.pa.it/ |url-status=live}}</ref> which covers a net area of {{cvt|340|km|0}}. About 90 different routes reach every part of the city.<ref>See {{in lang|it}} [http://www.amat.pa.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=76&Itemid=88 Transport net by AMAT] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807221659/http://www.amat.pa.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=76&Itemid=88 |date=7 August 2012 }}</ref>

=== Trams ===
{{Main|Trams in Palermo}}

Palermo has a public [[tram]] system finalized in 2015 and operated by AMAT. There are 4 lines:

# Roccella — Central Station
# Borgo Nuovo — Notarbartolo Station
# CEP — Notarbartolo Station
# Corso Calatafimi — Notarbartolo Station

=== Coaches ===

The local coach company, AST,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aziendasicilianatrasporti.it/ |title=AST - Azienda Siciliana Trasporti |access-date=18 August 2012 |archive-date=2 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902164342/http://www.aziendasicilianatrasporti.it/ |url-status=live}}</ref> with its coaches totalling 35 lines, links Palermo to all of the main cities in Sicily.

=== Palermo Public Transportation Statistics ===

The average amount of time people spend commuting with public transit in Palermo, for example to and from work, on a weekday is 63 min. 14.% of public transit riders, ride for more than 2 hours every day. The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transit is 23 min, while 48% of riders wait for over 20 minutes on average every day. The average distance people usually ride in a single trip with public transit is 4.4&nbsp;km, while 3% travel for over 12&nbsp;km in a single direction.<ref>{{cite web |title=Palermo Public Transportation Statistics |publisher=Global Public Transit Index by Moovit |url=https://moovitapp.com/insights/en/Moovit_Insights_Public_Transit_Index_Italy_Palermo-2804 |access-date=19 June 2017 |archive-date=24 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824180909/https://moovitapp.com/insights/en/Moovit_Insights_Public_Transit_Index_Italy_Palermo-2804 |url-status=live}} [[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px]] Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016050101/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |date=16 October 2017 }}.</ref>

=== Roads ===

[[File:Autostrada A20 Torregrotta.jpg|thumb|[[Autostrada A20 (Italy)|A20]] that connects Palermo to [[Messina]]]]

Palermo is a key intersection on the Sicilian road network, being the junction between the eastern [[Autostrada A19 (Italy)|A19]] [[motorway]] to [[Trapani]], the southeastern [[Autostrada A29 (Italy)|A29]] to [[Palermo International Airport|airport]] and [[Mazara del Vallo]] and the southwestern [[Autostrada A19 (Italy)|A19]] to [[Catania]] and [[Autostrada A20 (Italy)|A20]] to [[Messina]]. Palermo is one of the main cities on [[European route E90]]. The three main national roads starting from Palermo are the SS113, SS121, SS186 and the SS624.

=== Airports ===

[[Palermo International Airport]], known as Falcone-Borsellino Airport (formerly Punta Raisi Airport), is located fews kilometres west of Palermo in [[Cinisi]]. It is dedicated to [[Giovanni Falcone]] and [[Paolo Borsellino]], two anti-mafia judges killed by the Mafia in the early 1990s.

The airport's rail facility, known as [[Punta Raisi railway station]], can be reached from [[Palermo Centrale railway station|Palermo Centrale]], [[Palermo Notarbartolo railway station|Palermo Notarbartolo]] and Palermo Francia railway stations.

[[Palermo-Boccadifalco Airport]] is the second airport of the city.

=== Port ===

[[File:Porto e bacini palermo dall'alto.JPG|thumb|The [[port of Palermo]]]]

[[File:Palermo 0538.jpg|thumb|]]

The [[port of Palermo]], founded by the [[Phoenicians]] over 2,700&nbsp;years ago, is, together with the [[port of Messina]], the main port of Sicily. From here [[Ferry|ferries]] link Palermo to [[Cagliari]], [[Genoa]], [[Livorno]], [[Naples]], [[Tunis]] and other cities and carry a total of almost 2&nbsp;million passengers annually. It is also an important port for cruise ships. Traffic includes also almost {{cvt|5|e6t|e6ST|abbr=off}} of cargo and 80,000 [[Twenty-foot equivalent unit|TEU]]s yearly.<ref>See {{in lang|it}} [http://www.assoporti.it/sites/www.assoporti.it/files/statistiche/Movimenti_portuali_%202011_26giu12.pdf table from assoporti.it]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The port also has links to minor Sicilian islands such as [[Ustica]] and the [[Aeolian Islands]] (via [[Cefalù]] in summer). Inside the Port of Palermo there is a section known as "tourist marina" for sailing yachts and catamarans.
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=== National rail ===

The main railway station of Palermo is [[Palermo Centrale railway station|Palermo Centrale]] which links to the other cities of Sicily, including [[Agrigento]], [[Trapani]] and [[Catania]], and through [[Messina]] and the [[Strait of Messina|strait]] to the rest of Italy. The railways also connect to the [[Palermo International Airport|Palermo airport]] with departures every thirty minutes.