Editing San Salvador (section)

==Transportation==
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San Salvador is a major regional transportation hub, served by a comprehensive public transport network. Major routes of the national transportation network run through the city.

===Airport===
[[File:Ilopango Air.jpg|thumb|Ilopango International Airport]]
The country's primary airport is [[Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport]], which handles all international flights. It replaced [[Ilopango International Airport]] as the country's main airport on 31 January 1980. Ilopango airport is located within the city limits and could not be expanded due to the lack of land and the proximity of the surrounding population, so the new airport was built outside the city in the neighboring department of La Paz.

Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport lies on flat terrain, and it is not surrounded by populated areas, so it can be expanded in the future. It is located in the municipality of [[San Luis Talpa]], {{convert|40|km|0|abbr=in}} from San Salvador. With 2,076,258 passengers in 2008, it was the third busiest airport by passenger traffic in Central America

Ilopango International Airport is used for military and charter aviation. It recently underwent renovation, and re-opened in 2009. Ilopango is the host of an annual air show.

Tamarindo Regional: There are plans to rehabilitate the airport on the Eastern Salvadoran coast of El Tamarindo, La Unión.

===Roads===
[[File:Volcano San Salvador 1960.jpg|thumb|right|RN-5 Los Próceres East/West]]
The main highway passing through San Salvador is the CA-1 ([[Pan-American highway]]), which at one point becomes Bulevar Arturo Castellanos. The RN-21 (Bulevar Monseñor Romero) is a major east–west road connecting the cities of Santa Tecla and Antiguo Cuscatlán, finally merging in San Salvador with the [[RN-5 (Autopista Comalapa)|RN-5]] East/West (also known as Bulevar los Próceres), that later turns into the North/South RN-5 heading towards the International Airport. Another major roadway is the RN-4 (Carretera Este Oeste) which runs from San Salvador through Apopa, and subsequently merges with the CA-1 Panamericana.

[[File:Hub de Avianca en El Salvador.jpg|thumb|El Salvador International Airport]]
Roads in the capital are called "street" if they run east–west, and "avenue" if they run north–south. Road numbering starts at the downtown intersection of Avenida Espana/Avenida Cuscatlán and Delgado Arce street. Avenues to the west of this intersection have odd-number names, and to the east they have even-number names. Streets have odd-number names if they are to the north of the intersection, and even-number names if to the south.

One particularly heavily traveled road is 49a Avenida Norte, which connects with the RN-5 highway to the airport. An important historical street is Calle Arce, which was closed in order to create a pedestrian-only mall in the historic downtown of San Salvador. Some streets in the city are very narrow with little room for cars to pass, although many streets are wide. Speed limits are {{convert|90|km/h|0|abbr=on}} on highways, {{convert|60|km/h|0|abbr=on}} on main roads, and {{convert|40|km/h|0|abbr=on}} on secondary streets and avenues.

===SITRAMSS===
The San Salvador Metropolitan Area Integrated System of Transportation (SITRAMSS) was a high-volume bus transportation system. The first route of the SITRAMSS made round trips from [[San Martín, San Salvador|San Martin]], through [[Ilopango]], [[Soyapango]], San Salvador, and [[Antiguo Cuscatlan]] to [[Santa Tecla, El Salvador|Santa Tecla]]. Between 40 and 60 buses capable of carrying 160 passengers per trip were scheduled to start operating in the second half of 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.laprensagrafica.com/el-salvador/social/158678-vmt-promete-el-sitramss-hasta-2013.html |title=VMT promete el SITRAMSS hasta 2013 |publisher=Laprensagrafica.com |access-date=24 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407125356/http://www.laprensagrafica.com/el-salvador/social/158678-vmt-promete-el-sitramss-hasta-2013.html |archive-date=7 April 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
The departure interval was approximately eight to ten minutes.<ref name="laprensagrafica.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.laprensagrafica.com/el-salvador/social/117904-preparan-primera-fase-de-sitramss.html |title=Preparan primera fase de SITRAMSS |publisher=Laprensagrafica.com |access-date=24 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407125348/http://www.laprensagrafica.com/el-salvador/social/117904-preparan-primera-fase-de-sitramss.html |archive-date=7 April 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
By the time the buses have reached the San Salvador historic downtown, they had already transported 20,000 passengers. SITRAMSS was a public-private partnership involving the current passenger transport operators, who must purchase the buses. To pay for the infrastructure development, a loan of $50 million was provided by the Inter-American Development Bank (BID)

===Bus and taxi===
[[File:Buses-ssitams.jpg|thumb|SITRAMSS bus system]]
Approximately 200,000 people use the city's public bus system daily. Some of the bus transportation system is operated by the city government, but most of it is operated by the private sector. This mixture of ownership has contributed to safety and traffic problems. In 2013, when the SITRAMS commenced operation, it was intended resolve many of these problems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elsalvador.com/mwedh/nota/nota_completa.asp?idCat=6375&idArt=5903160 |title=elsalvador.com, Los buseros quieren invertir en el Sitramss |publisher=Elsalvador.com |access-date=24 February 2012}}</ref> Bus rides typically cost between $0.20 and $0.25, depending on the route. The city government operates a free bus system for use by handicapped, elderly, and pregnant women; this is the only such system in Central America.

A taxi system operates throughout the entire city; fares depend on the route, as taxi drivers charge based on the location of the destination, rather than on elapsed time. Taxis in San Salvador are yellow, and the fleet is composed primarily of Toyota Corollas.

===Railway===
{{Main|Rail transport in El Salvador}}
Railway service was absent during the 1990s, but beginning on 1 October 2007, the National Railways of El Salvador (FENADESAL) resumed service. Tickets cost $0.10. Trains depart from near the East Bus Station and travel to the town of Apopa (service suspended from 2013). There are plans to start operation of another route, connecting the northern side of San Salvador, [[Cuscatancingo]], to [[Apopa]] and from Apopa, to the city of [[Nejapa]].

There is also a historic railroad consisting of railroad cars from the 1960s which were refurbished and put into operation by the ministry of tourism. Once a month, visitors can board the antique train and experience the way San Salvadorans transported themselves in the 1960s.