Editing Asheville, North Carolina (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
Asheville is served by [[Asheville Regional Airport]] in the southernmost portion of the city,<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.gcr1.com/5010ReportRouter/AVL.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319120255/https://www.gcr1.com/5010ReportRouter/AVL.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 19, 2023 |title=FAA5010_1 (Airport Master Record) |date=3 December 2020 |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration |id=AVL (Local ID) |access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref> and by [[Interstate 40 in North Carolina|Interstate 40]] (east-west),<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=31 December 2018<!--according to https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/index.cfm --> |title=Table 1 - Main Routes - FHWA Route Log and Finder List - Interstate Highway System - National Highway System - Planning - FHWA |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table01.cfm |access-date=2020-12-28 |website=National Highway System |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration |archive-date=July 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703213613/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table01.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Rp|I-40}} [[Interstate 240 (North Carolina)|Interstate 240]] (north loop from I-40),<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 December 2018<!--according to https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/index.cfm --> |title=Table 2 - Auxiliary Routes - FHWA Route Log and Finder List - Interstate Highway System - National Highway System - Planning - FHWA |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm |access-date=2020-12-28 |website=National Highway System |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration |archive-date=July 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703182115/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref>{{RP|I-240}} and [[Interstate 26 in North Carolina|Interstate 26]] (north-south).<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|I-26}} Additional major roadways providing access to Asheville include U.S. routes [[U.S. Route 19 in North Carolina|19]] and [[U.S. Route 74 (North Carolina)|74]], and North Carolina state routes [[North Carolina Highway 191|191]] and [[North Carolina Highway 280|280]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 2020 |title=Asheville, NC |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/north_carolina/asheville_nc.pdf |access-date=30 December 2020 |website=National Highway System |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration |type=Map |archive-date=October 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022123011/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/north_carolina/asheville_nc.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Passenger rail service is not available for the city. The city operates [[Asheville Rides Transit]] (ART), which consists of sixteen bus lines,<ref>{{cite web |title=Maps & Schedules |url=http://www.ashevillenc.gov/Departments/Transit/MapsSchedules.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306235408/http://www.ashevillenc.gov/Departments/Transit/MapsSchedules.aspx |archive-date=March 6, 2014 |access-date=March 6, 2014 |work=ashevillenc.gov}}</ref> providing service throughout the City of Asheville and to [[Black Mountain, North Carolina]].

A milestone was achieved in 2003, when Interstate 26 was extended nine miles from [[Mars Hill, North Carolina|Mars Hill]] (north of Asheville) to [[Johnson City, Tennessee]], completing a seven-year {{frac|1|4}}-billion dollar construction project,<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 August 2003 |title=Interstate 26 |edition=Final |volume=134 |page=A5 |work=Asheville Citizen-Times |publisher=Gannett |issue=215 |location=Asheville, North Carolina |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66231033/fullpagei262003/ |access-date=28 December 2020 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=September 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928171149/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66231033/fullpagei262003/ |url-status=live }}</ref> part of a twenty-year {{frac|1|2}}-billion dollar construction project through the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]]. Work continues to improve Interstate 26 from Mars Hill to Interstate 40 by improving [[U.S. Route 19]] and [[U.S. Route 23]] and the western part of Interstate 240. This construction will include a multimillion-dollar bridge to cross the [[French Broad River]].<ref>{{cite web |title=I-26 Connector, Asheville, NC |work=Public Information Website |publisher=North Carolina Department of Transportation |date=n.d. |url=http://www.ncdot.org/projects/I26Connector/default.html |access-date=August 20, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060706042334/http://www.ncdot.org/projects/I26Connector/default.html |archive-date=July 6, 2006 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The [[Norfolk Southern Railway]] passes through the city, but passenger service is no longer available in the area. The city was last served in 1975 by the [[Southern Railway (US)|Southern Railway]]'s ''[[Asheville Special]]'' ([[New York City|New York]]–[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]–Asheville, ended, 1970; Asheville–Salisbury, ended, 1975). Before that, it was served by the Southern's ''[[Skyland Special]]'' (Asheville-[[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]-[[Jacksonville]], ended, 1959) and ''[[Carolina Special]]'' ([[Cincinnati]]-Goldsboro and Charleston branches, ended, 1968). In 1968, passenger service shifted from Asheville's station to the nearby [[Southern Railway Passenger Depot (Asheville, North Carolina)|Biltmore station]]. The Asheville station, built in 1905, was demolished.<ref>{{cite news |title=Portrait of the past: Southern Railway passenger station |last=Neufeld |first=Bob |url=https://www.citizen-times.com/story/life/2015/02/05/portrait-past-southern-railway-passenger-station/22925973 |publisher=[[Asheville Citizen-Times]] |date=February 6, 2015 |access-date=February 4, 2022 |archive-date=January 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102050132/https://www.citizen-times.com/story/life/2015/02/05/portrait-past-southern-railway-passenger-station/22925973/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[North Carolina Department of Transportation]] has proposed the [[NC By Train#Salisbury – Asheville|restoration of train service]] between Asheville and [[Salisbury, North Carolina|Salisbury]], as has [[Amtrak]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Comprehensive State Rail Plan |url=https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/Rail-Division-Resources/Documents/2015%20Comprehensive%20State%20Rail%20Plan-%20Full%20Report.pdf |publisher=NCDOT Rail Division |access-date=11 August 2021 |date=August 2015 |pages=3–21 |archive-date=August 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810130156/https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/Rail-Division-Resources/Documents/2015%20Comprehensive%20State%20Rail%20Plan-%20Full%20Report.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lacey |first1=Derek |title=New plan adds Amtrak rail service from Asheville to Salisbury |url=https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2021/04/05/amtrak-service-asheville-salisbury-possibility-joe-biden-american-jobs-plan/4850514001/ |access-date=11 August 2021 |work=Citizen Times |date=5 April 2021 |archive-date=January 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102050124/https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2021/04/05/amtrak-service-asheville-salisbury-possibility-joe-biden-american-jobs-plan/4850514001/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2020, the city received a US$1&nbsp;million grant from the [[Federal Transit Administration]] to be used primarily on the ART bus transit system.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Whitehead |first=Brittany |date=15 October 2020 |title=Asheville Rides Transit bus system to undergo $1.25m in upgrades |publisher=MSN |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/asheville-rides-transit-bus-system-to-undergo-24125m-in-upgrades/ar-BB1a3l1n |access-date=30 December 2020 |archive-date=January 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102050038/https://www.msn.com/en-us |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Public services and utilities===
The residents of Asheville are served by the Buncombe County Public Libraries, consisting of 11 branches located throughout the county; the headquarters and central library, [[Pack Memorial Library]], is located in downtown Asheville.<ref>{{cite web |title=Libraries - Branch Locations |url=https://www.buncombecounty.org/Governing/Depts/Library/Locations.aspx |publisher=Buncombe County |access-date=March 28, 2016 |archive-date=March 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329150326/https://www.buncombecounty.org/Governing/Depts/Library/Locations.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> The system includes a law library in the [[Buncombe County Courthouse]] and a genealogy and local history department located in the central library.

Drinking water in Asheville is provided by the Asheville water department. The water system consists of three water treatment plants, more than {{convert|1600|mi}} of water lines, 30 pumping stations and 27 storage reservoirs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Water Production |url=http://www.ashevillenc.gov/Departments/Water/WaterProduction.aspx |publisher=City of Asheville, NC |access-date=March 28, 2016 |archive-date=March 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323113444/http://www.ashevillenc.gov/Departments/Water/WaterProduction.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[sanitary sewer|Sewer]] services are provided by the Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County, power provided by [[Duke Energy]], and natural gas is provided by [[PSNC Energy]].

Asheville offers public transit through the ART ([[Asheville Rides Transit]]) bus service that operates across the city and to the town of [[Black Mountain, North Carolina|Black Mountain]]. Routes originate from a central station located at 49 Coxe Avenue.<ref>{{cite web |title=Asheville Transit |url=http://www.ashevillenc.gov/Departments/Transit.aspx |publisher=City of Asheville |access-date=March 28, 2016 |archive-date=March 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331011849/http://www.ashevillenc.gov/Departments/Transit.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref>