Editing Pennsylvania (section)

==Transportation==
The [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]], abbreviated as PennDOT, is responsible for transport issues in Pennsylvania.

===Air===
{{See also|List of airports in Pennsylvania}}
[[File:Philadelphia International Airport.jpg|thumb|[[Philadelphia International Airport]], the busiest airport in the state and the [[List of the busiest airports in the United States|21st-busiest airport]] in the nation with over 13 million passengers in 2023]]
Pennsylvania has seven major airports: [[Philadelphia International Airport|Philadelphia International]], [[Pittsburgh International Airport|Pittsburgh International]], [[Lehigh Valley International Airport|Lehigh Valley International]], [[Harrisburg International Airport|Harrisburg International]], [[Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport|Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International]], [[Erie International Airport|Erie International]], and [[University Park Airport]]. A total of 134&nbsp;public-use airports are located in the state.<ref name="PennDOT fact 10" />

===Bus and coach===
Intercity bus service is provided between cities in Pennsylvania and other major points in the Northeast by [[BoltBus]], [[Fullington Trailways]], [[Greyhound Lines]], [[Martz Trailways]], [[Megabus (North America)|Megabus]], [[OurBus]], [[Trans-Bridge Lines]], and various [[Chinatown bus lines|Chinatown bus]] companies. In 2018, [[OurBus]] began offering service from [[West Chester, Pennsylvania|West Chester]], [[Malvern, Pennsylvania|Malvern]], [[King of Prussia, Pennsylvania|King of Prussia]], and [[Fort Washington, Pennsylvania|Fort Washington]] to [[New York City]].

===Highways and roads===
{{See also|List of Interstate Highways in Pennsylvania|List of state routes in Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania Turnpike}}
PennDOT owns {{Convert|39861|mi}} of the {{convert|121770|mi}} of roadway in the state, making it the fifth-largest state highway system in the United States.<ref name="PennDOT fact 7">"Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Fact Book", p. 7.</ref> The [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]] system is {{Convert|535|mi}} long, with the mainline portion stretching from [[Ohio]] to Philadelphia and [[New Jersey]].<ref name="PennDOT fact 7" /> It is overseen by the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission]]. Another major east–west route is [[Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 80]], which runs primarily in the northern tier of the state from Ohio to New Jersey at the [[Delaware Water Gap]]. [[Interstate 90 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 90]] travels the relatively short distance between Ohio and New York through [[Erie County, Pennsylvania|Erie County]], in the extreme northwestern part of the state.

Primary north–south highways are [[Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 79]] from its terminus in Erie through [[Pittsburgh]] to [[West Virginia]], [[Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 81]] from [[New York (state)|New York state]] through [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton, Lackawanna County]] and [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]] to [[Maryland]] and [[Interstate 476]], which begins {{Convert|7|mi|km}} north of the [[Delaware]] border, in [[Chester, Pennsylvania|Chester, Delaware County]] and travels {{Convert|132|mi|km}} to [[Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania|Clarks Summit]], where it joins I-81. All but {{Convert|20|mi|km}} of I-476 is the Northeast Extension of the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]]. The highway south of the Pennsylvania Turnpike is officially called the "Veterans Memorial Highway", but is commonly referred to colloquially as the "Blue Route".

===Rail===
{{See also|List of Pennsylvania railroads|List of public transit authorities in Pennsylvania}}
[[File:Amtrak "Pennsylvanian" on Horseshoe Curve (8991394046).jpg|thumb|[[Amtrak]]'s [[Pennsylvanian (train)|''Pennsylvanian'']] on [[Horseshoe Curve (Pennsylvania)|Horseshoe Curve]] in [[Logan Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania|Logan Township]]]]
[[SEPTA]] is the sixth-largest transit agency in the United States and operates the [[commuter rail|commuter]], [[heavy rail|heavy]] and [[light rail]] transit, and [[transit bus]] service in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. [[Pittsburgh Regional Transit]] is the 25th-largest transit agency and provides transit bus and light rail service in and around Pittsburgh.<ref>"2010 Public Transportation Fact Book", p. 8.</ref>

Intercity passenger rail transit is provided by [[Amtrak]], with the majority of traffic occurring on the ''[[Keystone Service]]'' in the high-speed [[Keystone Corridor]] between Harrisburg and Philadelphia's [[30th Street Station]] before heading north to New York City, and the ''[[Northeast Regional]]'', which provides regular high-speed service up and down the [[Northeast Corridor]]. The ''[[Pennsylvanian (train)|Pennsylvanian]]'' follows the same route from New York City to Harrisburg, but extends out to Pittsburgh. The ''[[Capitol Limited (Amtrak train)|Capitol Limited]]'' also passes through Pittsburgh, as well as [[Connellsville, Pennsylvania|Connellsville]], on its way from Chicago to [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="PennDOT fact 10" /> Traveling between Chicago and New York City, the ''[[Lake Shore Limited]]'' passes through Erie once in each direction.<ref name="PennDOT fact 10" /> There are 67&nbsp;[[short-line railroad|short-line]], freight railroads operating in Pennsylvania, the highest number in any U.S. state.<ref name="PennDOT fact 10">"Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Fact Book", p. 10.</ref> With more than four million [[inter-city rail]] passengers in 2018, Philadelphia's 30th Street Station is Amtrak's third-busiest train station in the nation after [[Pennsylvania Station (New York)|Penn Station]] in [[Manhattan]] and [[Washington Union Station|Union Station]] in [[Washington, D.C.]],<ref name="PhiladelphiaAmtrak">{{cite web |url=https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/nationalfactsheets/Amtrak-Corporate-Profile-FY2018-0319.pdf |title=FY 2018 Company Profile |website=www.amtrak.com |access-date=April 18, 2019}}</ref> and North America's [[List of busiest railway stations in North America|12th-busiest]] train station overall.

===Water===
{{see also|Port of Philadelphia|Port of Pittsburgh}}
The [[Port of Pittsburgh]] is the second-largest [[inland port]] in the United States and the 18th-largest port overall; the [[Port of Philadelphia]] is the 24th-largest port in the United States.<ref>Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, p. 5-4.</ref> Pennsylvania's only port on the [[Great Lakes]] is located in Erie. The [[Allegheny River Lock and Dam Two]] is the most-used [[Lock (water transport)|lock]] operated by the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] of its 255 nationwide.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_699345.html|title=Corps shuts Highland Park lock for two weeks of repairs|last=Santoni|first=Matthew|date=September 14, 2010|work=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review|publisher=Trib Total Media|access-date=September 14, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908040557/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_699345.html|archive-date=September 8, 2012}}</ref> The dam impounds the [[Allegheny River]] near [[Downtown Pittsburgh]].