Editing Santiago (section)

=== Internal transportation ===
[[File:Principales calles de Santiago.svg|thumbnail|left|Map of Santiago depicting main streets and [[Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport|airport]].]]
As of 2006, Santiago was home to 992,000 vehicles, 979,000 of which were motorized. This made up 37.3% of Chile's total vehicle count. 805,000 cars passed through the city, which is 37.6% of the national total{{Clarify|date=September 2016}} or one car for every seven people.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Marcela Sariego Rivera |last2=Rogelio Veloso Fiol |date=13 April 2007 |title=Anuario Parque de Vehículos en Circulación |url=http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/estadisticas_economicas/transporte_y_comunicaciones/pdf/parquevehiculosencirculacion2006.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620004747/http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/estadisticas_economicas/transporte_y_comunicaciones/pdf/parquevehiculosencirculacion2006.pdf |archive-date=20 June 2009 |access-date=11 December 2007 |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas |language=es}}</ref>

The main road is the [[Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins]], better known as Alameda Avenue, which runs northeast and southwest. From north to south, it is crossed by [[Autopista Central]] and the [[Independencia Avenue (Santiago de Chile)|Independencia]], [[Gran Avenida José Miguel Carrera|Gran Avenida]], [[Avenida Recoleta|Recoleta]], [[Avenida Santa Rosa|Santa Rosa]], [[Vicuña Mackenna Avenue|Vicuña Mackenna]] and [[Tobalaba Avenida|Tobalaba]] avenues. Other major roads include the [[Avenida Los Pajaritos]] to the west and [[Providencia Avenue]] and [[Apoquindo Avenue]] to the east. Finally, the [[Américo Vespucio Avenue]] acts as a [[ring road]].

During the 2000s, several urban highways were built through Santiago in order to improve the situation for vehicles. The road General Velásquez and sections of the [[Pan-American Highway]] in Santiago were converted into the Autopista Central, while Américo Vespucio became variously the highways Vespucio Norte Express and Vespucio Sur, as well as Vespucio Oriente in the future. Following the edge of the Mapocho River, Costanera Norte was built to link the northeast of the capital to the airport and the downtown area. All these highways, totaling 210&nbsp;km in length, have a free flow toll system.
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