Editing Syracuse, New York (section)

=== Transportation ===

==== Public transit ====
Syracuse is served by the [[Central New York Regional Transportation Authority]], or Centro. Centro operates bus service in Syracuse and its suburbs, as well as to outlying metropolitan area cities such as [[Auburn, New York|Auburn]], [[Fulton, Oswego County, New York|Fulton]], and [[Oswego, New York|Oswego]].

'''Proposed public transit projects'''

In 2005, local millionaire Tom McDonald proposed an [[aerial tramway]] system, called Salt City Aerial Transit (S.C.A.T.), to link the university to the transportation center. The first segment from Syracuse University to downtown was estimated to cost $5&nbsp;million, which McDonald planned to raise himself. Due to perceived low operating costs, the system was envisioned as running continuously.<ref>{{cite news |first=Rick |last=Moriarty |title=High flying idea stuck |work=[[The Post-Standard]] |date=September 26, 2006 }}</ref>

==== Rail ====
Syracuse ([[Amtrak station code|station stop code]] SYR) is served by [[Amtrak]]'s [[Empire Service (transport)|Empire Service]], [[Lake Shore Limited]], and [[Maple Leaf (Amtrak)|Maple Leaf]] lines. Amtrak's station is part of the [[William F. Walsh Regional Transportation Center]].

The Empire Service runs twice daily in each direction between [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls, NY]] and [[New York Penn Station]], with major stops in [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], Syracuse, [[Utica, New York|Utica]], and [[Albany, New York|Albany]] along the way. The Maple Leaf runs once daily in each direction, and follows the same route as the Empire Service, however instead of terminating in Niagara Falls, it continues on to Toronto.

[[Empire Service]] and [[Maple Leaf (train)|Maple Leaf]] trains stop at the seasonal [[New York State Fair station|New York State Fair – NYF station]] during the [[New York State Fair]]'s annual run each August. The NYF Station is located along the southern part of the fairgrounds, near the historic train car display of the Central New York Chapter, of the [[National Railway Historical Society]].

The Lake Shore Limited runs once daily in each direction between [[Chicago Union Station|Chicago]] and [[South Station|Boston]] or New York City (via two sections splitting [[Albany–Rensselaer station|Albany-Rensselaer]]). It follows the same route as the Empire Service and Maple Leaf between New York City and [[Buffalo–Depew station|Buffalo-Depew]], where it diverges and continues on through [[Cleveland]] and [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]] to Chicago.

A regional commuter rail service, [[OnTrack]], was active from 1994 until it was discontinued in 2007 due to low ridership. Its sole route connected the [[Carousel Center]] to southern Syracuse, often extending to [[Jamesville, New York|Jamesville]] in the summer.

==== Bus ====
[[Greyhound Lines]], [[Megabus (North America)|Megabus]], [[OurBus]], and [[Trailways]] provide long-distance bus service to destinations including New York City, Boston, Buffalo, Albany, and Toronto. Greyhound, Megabus, and Trailways use the [[William F. Walsh Regional Transportation Center]] in the northern area of the city, while OurBus stops near the campus of Syracuse University.

==== Air service ====
Syracuse is served by the [[Syracuse Hancock International Airport]] in nearby [[Salina, New York|Salina]], near [[Mattydale, New York|Mattydale]]. The airport is named after [[Clarence E. Hancock]], a former US Congressman representing Syracuse. The airport is served by 8 major airlines, which provide non-stop flights to important airline hubs and business centers such as [[Atlanta]], [[Boston]], [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], Chicago, Detroit, [[Denver]], [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Ft. Lauderdale]], [[New York, New York|New York City]], [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Tampa Bay, Florida|Tampa]], Washington, DC, as well as connecting service to 147 foreign cities in 87 countries. Cargo carriers [[FedEx]] and [[United Parcel Service|UPS]] also serve the airport. [[New York, New York|New York City]] can be reached in under an hour flight. The City of Syracuse owns the airport and property, while a public for-benefit corporation runs the airport, the Syracuse Regional Airport Authority. The airport is protected by the 174th Attack Wing's Fire Department, and patrolled by Syracuse Airport Police Department Officers.

==== Major highways and roads ====
* [[File:I-81.svg|22px]] [[Interstate 81 in New York|Interstate 81]] runs north–south through Syracuse, and provides access to Canada, [[Pennsylvania]] and points south. Its [[Downtown Syracuse|downtown]] portion is extremely narrow, only consisting of four lanes and few onramps. The highway was known as the Penn-Can Expressway when first built, leading to the [[Penn-Can Mall]] and other similarly named developments. It will soon be rerouted to follow I-481's route around the city instead of going through downtown. The current route will be designated as Interstate 81 Business.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=US Route Number Applications, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Accessed September 8, 2021 |url=https://route.transportation.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2021/08/USRN-Applications_Compiled_2021.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908231157/https://route.transportation.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2021/08/USRN-Applications_Compiled_2021.pdf |archive-date=September 8, 2021 |access-date=September 8, 2021}}</ref>
* [[File:I-90.svg|22px]] [[Interstate 90 in New York|Interstate 90]], signed as the [[New York State Thruway]] within New York State, runs east–west, just north of the city. It is a [[toll road|toll highway]] that provides access to [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[Albany, New York|Albany]], and the north–south ([[Interstate 87 (New York)|Interstate 87]]) part of the Thruway leads to [[New York, New York|New York City]].
* [[File:I-690.svg|25px]] [[Interstate 690]] runs east–west through the city, and provides access to Interstate 90, as well as to Syracuse's northwestern and eastern suburbs. A spur off I-690 directly west of the city, [[New York State Route 695|NY 695]], provides freeway access to the southwestern suburbs. It meets Interstate 81 in downtown Syracuse in a highly complex and incomplete intersection. Most of its routing through the city directly replaced the former elevated rail lines of the [[New York Central Railroad|New York Central]] four-track [[Main line (railway)|mainline]], a fact quite notable by the city's former main rail terminal, where the freeway spans the width between the terminal and its outermost platform. In 1981, artist Duke Epolito erected sculptures of "passengers" on the single remaining passenger platform. The piece is entitled "Waiting for the Night Train."<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/mystery_santas_helper_each_yea.html|title = Mystery Santa's helper each year puts the red scarves on statues along I-690|last = Case|first = Dick|date = December 20, 2009|work = The Post-Standard|access-date = November 13, 2015|publisher = Syracuse Media Group|archive-date = November 17, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025912/http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/mystery_santas_helper_each_yea.html|url-status = live}}</ref>
* [[File:I-481.svg|25px]] [[Interstate 481]] forms an eastern loop around the city and continues to the northwest as [[New York State Route 481|NY 481]] to [[Fulton, Oswego County, New York|Fulton]] and [[Oswego, New York|Oswego]], on the shore of [[Lake Ontario]]. The highway was built to provide rapid access to eastern suburbs after the affluent community members in [[Manlius, New York|Manlius]] and [[Fayetteville, New York|Fayetteville]] squashed the original design to extend [[Interstate 690]] to serve the eastern suburbs. The highway is soon to be replaced in designation by Interstate 81.<ref name=":3" />

'''Community Grid'''

In late May, 2023, The Community Grid project was officially approved for construction in the Syracuse. The highly controversial plan consists of removing the I-81 viaduct that runs through the downtown of the city, and replacing it with the [[Boulevard]] style Business Loop-81. The heavily congested [[Interstate 81 in New York|Interstate-81]] will be re-routed around the city onto the already existing [[Interstate 481|Interstate-481]]. This project is estimated to cost around 2.25 billion dollars, and will be completed over a multi-year process.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 31, 2022 |title=I-81 Community Grid Gets Final Approval From Feds |work=CNYCentral |url=https://cnycentral.com/news/local/i-81-community-grid-gets-final-approval-from-feds-construction-begins-this-fall}}</ref> Construction has already begun in portions of North Syracuse at the I-81 and I-481 interchange.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Here's what the first part of Syracuse's community grid will look like. |work=CNYCentral |url=https://www.syracuse.com/news/2022/06/heres-what-the-first-part-of-syracuses-i-81-construction-will-look-like-maps.html?outputType=amp}}</ref>

'''Two [[United States Highway System|US Highways]] run through the Syracuse area:'''

* [[File:US 11.svg|22px]] [[U.S. Route 11 in New York|U.S. Highway 11]] ([[Quebec Route 223|Route 223]] in Quebec to [[New Orleans]]) runs north–south through Syracuse, including downtown, and it follows Salina, State, and Wolf Streets.
* [[File:US 20.svg|22px]] [[U.S. Route 20 in New York|U.S. Highway 20]] (Boston to [[Newport, Oregon]]) passes south of Syracuse.

'''[[New York State Highways|New York State Route]] Expressways:'''

* [[File:NY-481.svg|25px]] [[New York State Route 481]] travels from [[NY 104]] in Oswego to the terminus of Interstate 481 north of Syracuse.
* [[File:NY-690.svg|25px]] [[New York State Route 690]] was built as an extension of Interstate 690 to serve the northwest suburbs of Syracuse. The route is a four-lane divided highway from its southern end at I-690, where it meets Interstate 90 (NYS Thruway), to its end northwest of Baldwinsville in Lysander at [[NY 48]] and [[NY 631]].
* [[File:NY-695.svg|25px]] [[New York State Route 695]] is a short state highway west of Syracuse in the village of [[Solvay, New York|Solvay]] in [[Onondaga County, New York|Onondaga County]]. The number of the highway was derived from the two highways that NY 695 links, Interstate 690 and NY 5.

'''[[New York State Highways|New York State Routes]]'''
* [[File:NY-5.svg|22px]] [[New York State Route 5]] runs east–west through Syracuse, including downtown, and follows Erie Boulevard and West Genesee Street.
* [[File:NY-80.svg|22px]] [[New York State Route 80]]'s western terminus is at NY 175 on the south side. The route follows Valley Drive.
* [[File:NY-92.svg|22px]] [[New York State Route 92]]'s western terminus is in downtown Syracuse at US 11. The route follows East Genesee Street.
* [[File:NY-173.svg|25px]] [[New York State Route 173]] runs east–west through Syracuse and follows the [[Seneca Turnpike]] through the South Valley neighborhood.
* [[File:NY-175.svg|25px]] [[New York State Route 175]] follows South Avenue and West Kennedy Street to its eastern terminus at US 11.
* [[File:NY-290.svg|25px]] [[New York State Route 290]]'s western terminus is at US 11 just north of I-81. The route follows James Street.
* [[File:NY-298.svg|25px]] [[New York State Route 298]]'s western terminus is at exit 9 on I-690. The route follows Bear and Court Streets, Genant Drive and Sunset Avenue.
* [[File:NY-370.svg|25px]] [[New York State Route 370]]'s eastern terminus is at US 11 in the Lakefront neighborhood. The route follows Park Street.
* [[File:NY-598.svg|25px]] [[New York State Route 598]] is a short north–south highway following Midler Avenue to its southern terminus at NY 5.