Editing Kokomo, Indiana (section)

==Infrastructure==

===Transportation===
====Airports====
* [[Kokomo Municipal Airport]]<ref>{{Cite web
 | title = Kokomo Municipal Airport
 | publisher = City of Kokomo
 | url = http://www.cityofkokomo.org/departments/airport/index.php
 | access-date = August 21, 2012
}}</ref>

====Highways====
[[File:Kokomo-indiana-us31.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|US 31 in Kokomo in 2005, now designated State Road 931.]]

* [[File:US 31.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 31 in Indiana|US-31]] to [[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]] (North) and [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]] (South)<ref>{{Cite web
 |title       = New U.S. 31 bypass opens around Kokomo
 |url         = http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/x517504408/On-cruise-control/print
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://archive.today/20140806213440/http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/x517504408/On-cruise-control/print
 |archive-date = August 6, 2014
 |df          = mdy-all
}}</ref>
* [[File:US 35.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 35|US-35]] to [[Logansport, Indiana|Logansport]] (North) and [[Muncie, Indiana|Muncie]] (South)
* [[File:Indiana 931.svg|25px]] [[Indiana State Road 931|IN-931]] (former US 31 through Kokomo)
* [[File:Indiana 19.svg|25px]] [[Indiana State Road 19|IN-19]] to Kokomo Reservoir (North) and [[Tipton, Indiana|Tipton]] (South)
* [[File:Indiana 22.svg|25px]] [[Indiana State Road 22|IN-22]] to [[Burlington, Indiana|Burlington]] (West) and [[Hartford City, Indiana|Hartford City]] (East)
* [[File:Indiana 26.svg|25px]] [[Indiana State Road 26|IN-26]] to [[Lafayette, Indiana|Lafayette]] (West) and [[Hartford City, Indiana|Hartford City]] (East)

A major roadway traversing through Kokomo, nicknamed "stop light city",<ref>{{Cite web
 | title = Kokomo to become Not-so-Stoplight City
 | website = Kokomo Perspective
 | url = http://kokomoperspective.com/kp/news/kokomo-to-become-not-so-stoplight-city/article_2f4eaa9e-fd9e-11e1-aa67-0019bb2963f4.html
 | access-date = January 30, 2016
}}</ref> US&nbsp;31 had become one of the state's most congested roadways. In Howard County, there were 15 traffic signals on US 31. As part of the state of Indiana's Major Moves Project, US 31 was updated to bypass the city of Kokomo to the east. It has interchanges at SR 26, Boulevard, Markland Avenue, and Touby Pike, as well as where the current SR 931 meets the new US 31.<ref>{{Cite web
 |title       = Welcome to the US 31 Kokomo Corridor Project Website
 |url         = http://www.in.gov/indot/div/projects/us31/kokomo/
 |access-date = November 11, 2012
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20121008035804/http://www.in.gov/indot/div/projects/us31/kokomo/
 |archive-date = October 8, 2012
 |df          = mdy-all
}}</ref> There was a similar change near South Bend and there will be one near Indianapolis. The construction in Howard County cost roughly $340 million. Construction started on the County Road 200 South bridge on November 1, 2008.<ref>{{Cite news
 |title       = U.S. 31 bypass work begins
 |newspaper   = Kokomo Tribune
 |url         = http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_306005257.html
 |access-date = January 3, 2009
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://archive.today/20130127230216/http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_306005257.html
 |archive-date = January 27, 2013
 |df          = mdy-all
}}</ref> The new US 31 was opened November 27, 2013,<ref>{{Cite web
 |title       = On Cruise Control
 |newspaper   = Kokomo Tribune
 |url         = http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/x517504408/On-cruise-control
 |access-date = December 15, 2013
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://archive.today/20131127095639/http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/x517504408/On-cruise-control
 |archive-date = November 27, 2013
 |df          = mdy-all
}}</ref> at which time the existing roadway was renamed SR 931.

====Railroads====
* [[Central Railroad of Indianapolis]]<ref>{{Cite web
 | title = CENTRAL RAILROAD OF INDIANAPOLIS (CERA)
 | publisher = Genesee & Wyoming
 | url = https://www.gwrr.com/cera/
 | access-date = February 20, 2023
}}</ref>
* [[Winamac Southern Railway]] (formerly part of the [[Main Line (Columbus to Chicago)|Columbus to Chicago Main Line]])<ref>{{Cite web
 | title = 2021 Indiana Rail System Map
 | year = 2021
 | publisher = Indiana Department of Transportation
 | url = https://www.in.gov/indot/files/RailSystemMap_Med_StWide_11x17_RH_Final.pdf | access-date = February 20, 2023
}}</ref>

The town for many years was a stop on the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]'s division running on a Chicago-Logansport-Richmond-Hamilton-Cincinnati itinerary. The last named train on the route was the overnight ''Buckeye,'' whose unnamed successor ended service in 1969.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Pennsylvania Railroad, Tables 99, 101, 102 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=92 |issue=12 |date=May 1960}}</ref><ref>Christopher T. Baer, 'Named Trains of the PRR, including Through Trains, September 8, 2009, p. 9</ref> A day train counterpart on the route lingered on at least another year.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Penn Central, Table 43 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=102 |issue=12 |date=May 1970}}</ref>

====Bus service====
* Miller Transportation provides bus service to Indianapolis and South Bend.
* [[Kokomo City-Line Trolley]] A fixed-route transportation system, five bus routes run past a total of exactly 275 stops, passing each stop once every hour, from 6:30&nbsp;a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday. The buses also have wireless internet for riders, which like the buses, is free to riders.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cityofkokomo.org/residents/public_transportation_city_line_trolley.php |title=Public Transportation for City of Kokomo |website=cityofkokomo.org}}</ref>

=== Groundwater contamination ===
In 1995 the Indiana American Water treatment facility found groundwater beneath the city contaminated with trace amounts of [[vinyl chloride]]. In 2007, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management found groundwater at four municipal wells containing vinyl chloride at levels exceeding the EPA maximum contaminant level in raw water.<ref name=kt615>{{Cite news
 | title = EPA launches investigation into polluted groundwater beneath city
 | author1 = Carson Gerber
 | newspaper = Kokomo Tribune (IN)
 | url = http://www.kokomotribune.com/news/epa-launches-investigation-into-polluted-groundwater-beneath-city/article_89dea53c-1604-11e5-9f99-b7fc766a4118.html
 | date = June 21, 2015 | access-date = 28 August 2015
}}</ref>

In 2011, it found one of the monitoring wells, not owned or used by Indiana American Water, had amounts of vinyl chloride that were more than 2,500 times the maximum level for drinking water.<ref name=kt615 /> IDEM has identified fourteen facilities that handle chlorinated solvents and could be sources to the contamination plume. Some of these potential sources are currently being managed under other authorities but there is no cleanup approach focusing on the ground water plume. Water from several well fields in Kokomo are blended and treated prior to distribution. A water treatment system has been successfully removing the vinyl chloride from the finished drinking water, but this is not a permanent solution to address the contaminated ground water plume.

The site was proposed to the National Priorities List and added to the Superfund in March 2015. No cleanup plan is yet in effect.<ref>{{Cite web
 | title = Kokomo Contaminated Ground Water Plume
 | url = http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar1898.htm|website=Epa.gov
 | access-date = August 31, 2015
}}</ref>

===Health care===
* [[Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo]], opened in 1913<ref>{{Cite web
 | title = St. Joseph of Kokomo, Ind., marks centennial
 | publisher = Catholic Health Association
 | url = https://www.chausa.org/publications/catholic-health-world/archives/issues/march-15-2013/st.-joseph-of-kokomo-ind.-marks-centennial
 | access-date = June 19, 2016
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
 | title = St. Vincent Kokomo – Our History
 | publisher = St. Vincent Health
 | url = http://www.stvincent.org/sitecore/content/ININD/Home/Locations/Hospitals/Kokomo/About%20Us
 | access-date = May 21, 2017
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book
 | title = Sisters: Catholic nuns and the making of America
 | last = Fialka | first = John
 | year = 2003
 | publisher = St. Martin's Press
 | url = https://archive.org/details/sisters00john
 | url-access = registration
 | page = [https://archive.org/details/sisters00john/page/9 9]
 | access-date = October 27, 2010
 | isbn = 978-0-312-26229-7
}}</ref> part of [[Ascension (healthcare system)]].
* [[Community Howard Regional Health]], incorporated in 1958<ref>{{Cite web
 |title       = Community Howard Regional Health History
 |publisher   = Community Howard Regional Health
 |url         = http://www.ecommunity.com/s/howard-about-howard/history
 |access-date = June 19, 2016
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20160617233846/http://www.ecommunity.com/s/howard-about-howard/history
 |archive-date = June 17, 2016
}}</ref>

===Entertainment===
Kokomo has a 12-screen movie theater, called [[AMC Theatres|AMC Showplace Kokomo 12]], located on 1530 East Boulevard. In addition to AMC, Kokomo also has several forms of live entertainment, including choirs, a Park Band Association, and three live theatres.

===Shopping===
The city's major mall is [[Markland Mall]], which features [[Target Corporation|Target]]. The [[Kokomo Town Center]], the former Kokomo Mall, underwent a major renovation in 2011 when it became an outdoor mall.<ref>{{Cite news
 | title = Kokomo Mall transforms into Kokomo Town Center
 | newspaper = Kokomo Tribune
 | url = http://kokomotribune.com/local/x1561295156/Kokomo-Mall-transforms-into-Kokomo-Town-Center
 | date = May 30, 2012 | access-date = November 11, 2012
}}</ref>