Editing Salinas, California (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
====Highways and roads====
[[U.S. Highway 101 in California|U.S. Route 101]] is the major north–south highway in Salinas, linking the city to the rest of the [[California Central Coast|Central Coast]] region, [[San Francisco]] to the north, and [[Los Angeles]] to the south. [[California State Route 68]] heads west to [[Monterey, California|Monterey]], while [[California State Route 183]] runs northwest to [[Castroville, California|Castroville]].

====Rail====
[[File:Amtrak train station Salinas ca.jpg|thumb|Art Deco-style [[Salinas Intermodal Transportation Center|Amtrak train station in Salinas]]]]
[[Amtrak]], the national passenger rail system, [[Salinas Intermodal Transportation Center|serves Salinas]]. Its ''[[Coast Starlight]]'' train runs daily in each direction between [[Seattle, Washington]], and [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Los Angeles]], stopping in Salinas.

The Salinas Rail extension aims to provide weekday rail service to [[Gilroy, California|Gilroy]] and San Jose Diridon station by 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tamcmonterey.org/programs/rail/monterey-county-rail-extension/ |title=Transportation Agency for Monterey County &#124; TAMC |access-date=August 31, 2020 |archive-date=September 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928101822/https://www.tamcmonterey.org/programs/rail/monterey-county-rail-extension/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====Bus====
Public transportation via bus is provided by [[Monterey–Salinas Transit]] (MST). Public buses take passengers throughout the county, as well as San Jose and Gilroy. Buses to [[San Jose, California|San Jose]] and Gilroy connect to Caltrain and Amtrak in those cities.

[[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]] operates from the [[Salinas Intermodal Transportation Center|Salinas Amtrak station]] with service to other California cities and throughout the United States.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Greyhound Relocates in Salinas, Calif.| work = Greyhound.com| access-date = May 19, 2015| url = https://www.greyhound.com/en/newsroom/viewrelease.aspx?id=597&year=2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150520084851/https://www.greyhound.com/en/newsroom/viewrelease.aspx?id=597&year=2015| archive-date = May 20, 2015| url-status = live}}</ref>

====Airport====
[[Salinas Municipal Airport]] is located on the southeastern boundary of the City of Salinas, {{convert|3|mi|km}} from the city center. It is a general aviation facility occupying {{convert|763|acre|km2|1}}, with two runways serving single and twin engine aircraft and helicopters, as well as an increasing number of turbopropeller and turbine-powered business jets.

The airport has an air traffic control tower in operation twelve hours a day, seven days a week. The airport terminal is located on Mortensen Avenue and houses airport office staff as well as professional offices. Salinas Airport Commissioners agreed to a proposed project that would bring a 100-room hotel, offices and hangars to a vacant lot in front of the Salinas Municipal Airport terminal. The Salinas Jet Center would include a national chain hotel, {{convert|80000|sqft|m2|-3}} of office space, four large complexes combining more offices with airplane hangars and a 24-hour, full-service aircraft fueling station. The project would also include a taxiway to allow planes to access the new hangars.

The airport has full [[Instrument Landing System]] (ILS) and [[VHF omnidirectional range]] (VOR) located on the airport. The ILS has a Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System, with Runway Alignment Indicator Lights. The VOR approach has Runway End Identifier Lights. All but the ILS runway, RWY 31, have Visual Approach Slope Indicators (VASIs).

The airport is the site of the California International Airshow, set annually in the late summer or early autumn. The event draws thousands of visitors to Salinas over its three-day run.

===Hospitals===
Salinas and its surrounding towns are served by [[Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital]] and [[Natividad Medical Center]], both located in Salinas. Natividad is one of the [[University of California, San Francisco]]'s teaching hospitals and is owned and operated by Monterey County. Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital and Healthcare System is a public district hospital run by an elected board of directors.

Natividad Medical Center, through its affiliated Natividad Medical Foundation, offers trained medical interpreters for speakers of several [[Mixe languages|Oaxacan languages]] (including [[Trique language|Triqui]], [[Mixtec language|Mixteco]], and [[Zapotec languages|Zapotec]]) as well as Spanish.<ref>{{cite web|last=Shemesh|first=Denelle|title=Indigenous Interpreting+ bridges language gaps to better serve the farmworker community at Natividad.|work=Monterey County Weekly|access-date=April 19, 2015|date=November 14, 2014|url=http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/831_tales/indigenous-interpreting-bridges-language-gaps-to-better-serve-the-farmworker/article_12b1db42-653c-11e4-ba19-001a4bcf6878.html}}</ref>
[[File:Monterey County Courthouse 2018 Salinas CA (1).jpg|thumb|The Historic and Former Monterey County Courthouse after 2018 renovations]]

===Facilities===
The Monterey County Jail is located in North Salinas and the Monterey County Juvenile Detention Center is located in the north side as well.