Editing Des Moines, Iowa (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
[[File:I235 keynote bridge.jpg|thumb|The [[Edna Griffin|Edna M. Griffin]] Memorial Pedestrian Bridge over [[Interstate 235 (Iowa)|Interstate 235]]]]
[[File:Skywalks Spanning 7th Street.jpg|thumb|Skywalks connecting buildings over 8th Street in downtown Des Moines]]

Des Moines has an extensive [[skywalk]] system within its downtown core. With over four miles of enclosed walkway, it is one of the largest of such systems in the United States. The [[Des Moines Skywalk System]] has been criticized for hurting street-level business, though a recent initiative has been made to make street-level Skywalk entrances more visible.

[[Interstate 235 (Iowa)|Interstate 235]] (I-235) cuts through the city, and [[Interstate 35 in Iowa|I-35]] and [[Interstate 80 in Iowa|I-80]] both pass through the Des Moines metropolitan area, as well as the city of Des Moines. On the northern side of the city of Des Moines and passing through the cities of Altoona, Clive, Johnston, Urbandale and West Des Moines, I-35 and I-80 converge into a long concurrency while I-235 takes a direct route through Des Moines, Windsor Heights, and West Des Moines before meeting up with I-35 and I-80 on the western edge of the metro. The [[Des Moines Bypass]] passes south and east of the city.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 9, 2011 |title=New Interstate 335 Coming to DM Area? |url=http://www.kcci.com/automotive/27825552/detail.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120103449/http://www.kcci.com/automotive/27825552/detail.html |archive-date=January 20, 2012 |access-date=May 9, 2011 |publisher=KCCI News Channel 8}}</ref>  Other routes in and around the city include [[U.S. Route 6 in Iowa|US&nbsp;6]], [[U.S. Route 69 in Iowa|US&nbsp;69]], [[Iowa Highway 28|Iowa&nbsp;28]], [[Iowa Highway 141|Iowa&nbsp;141]], [[Iowa Highway 163|Iowa&nbsp;163]], [[Iowa Highway 330|Iowa&nbsp;330]], [[Iowa Highway 415|Iowa&nbsp;415]], and [[Iowa Highway 160|Iowa&nbsp;160]].

Des Moines's public transit system, operated by DART ([[Des Moines Area Regional Transit]]), which was the Des Moines Metropolitan Transit Authority until October 2006, consists entirely of buses, including regular in-city routes and express and commuter buses to outlying suburban areas.

Characteristics of household ownership of cars in Des Moines are similar to national averages. In 2015, 8.5 percent of Des Moines households lacked a car, and that number increased to 9.6 percent in 2016. The national average was 8.7 percent in 2016. Des Moines averaged 1.71 cars per household in 2016, compared to a national average of 1.8.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Car Ownership in U.S. Cities Data and Map |url=http://www.governing.com/gov-data/car-ownership-numbers-of-vehicles-by-city-map.html |url-status=dead |journal=Governing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511162014/http://www.governing.com/gov-data/car-ownership-numbers-of-vehicles-by-city-map.html |archive-date=May 11, 2018 |access-date=May 4, 2018}}</ref>

[[Burlington Trailways]] and [[Jefferson Lines]] run long-distance, intercity bus routes through Des Moines. The [[Des Moines Bus Station|bus station]] is located north of downtown. [[File:Des Moines%2C Iowa train station.jpg|right|thumb|The Des Moines Rock Island station]]

Although Des Moines was historically a train hub, it does not have direct passenger train service. For east–west traffic it was served at the [[Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Depot (Des Moines, Iowa)|Rock Island Depot]] by the ''Corn Belt Rocket'' express from [[Omaha]] to the west, to [[Chicago]] in the east. The Rock Island also offered the ''[[Rocky Mountain Rocket]]'' from [[Colorado Springs]] in the west, to Chicago, and the ''[[Twin Star Rocket]]'' to Minneapolis to the north and Dallas and Houston to the south. The last train was an unnamed service ending at [[Council Bluffs]], and it was discontinued on May 31, 1970.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=May 1970 |title=Rock Island Lines, Table 1 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=102 |issue=12}}</ref><ref>Paul C. Nelson, University of Iowa, 'Annals of Iowa,' {{Circa|1971}}, 'a"Rise and Decline of the Rock Island Passenger Train in the 20th Century,'a" Part II, p. 751 https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/annals-of-iowa/article/6748/galley/115521/view/</ref>  Today, this line constitutes the mainline of the [[Iowa Interstate Railroad]].

Other railroads used the East Des Moines Union Station. Northward and northwest bound, there were [[Chicago and North Western]] trains to destinations including [[Minneapolis]]. The [[Wabash Railroad]] ran service to the southeast to [[St. Louis]].  These lines remain in use but are now operated by Union Pacific and BNSF.

The nearest [[Amtrak]] station is in [[Osceola, Iowa|Osceola]], about {{convert|40|mi|km}} south of Des Moines. The [[Osceola (Amtrak station)|Osceola station]] is served by the Chicago–San Francisco ''[[California Zephyr]]''; there is no Osceola–Des Moines [[Amtrak Thruway]] connecting service.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2017 |title=The Amtrak System |url=https://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/181/305/Natl-System-Timetable-0317.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901063807/https://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/181/305/Natl-System-Timetable-0317.pdf |archive-date=September 1, 2017 |access-date=July 24, 2017 |website=Amtrak |type=Map}}  While this source is suggestive, it is not {{em|definitive}}: the map does not include all stations, due to the zoom (cf. the tiny print).</ref> There have been proposals to extend Amtrak's planned Chicago–Moline ''[[Quad Cities (train)|Quad City Rocket]]'' to Des Moines via the [[Iowa Interstate Railroad]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iowa DOT Chicago-Iowa City Executive Summary.pdf |url=https://iowadot.gov/iowarail/amtrakstudy/Iowa%20DOT%20Chicago-Iowa%20City%20Executive%20Summary.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909192625/https://www.iowadot.gov/iowarail/amtrakstudy/Iowa%20DOT%20Chicago-Iowa%20City%20Executive%20Summary.pdf |archive-date=September 9, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.iowadot.gov/iowainmotion/railplan/2017/IowaSRP2017_Ch3.pdf |title=Iowa State Rail Plan Final |publisher=Iowa DOT |year=2017 |pages=3 |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013125256/https://www.iowadot.gov/iowainmotion/railplan/2017/IowaSRP2017_Ch3.pdf |archive-date=October 13, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Des Moines International Airport]] (DSM), on Fleur Drive in the southern part of Des Moines, offers nonstop service to destinations within the United States. The only international service has been cargo service, but there have been discussions about adding an international terminal.