Editing Santa Barbara, California (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:Santa Barbara train station, California, 7 March 2007.jpg|thumb|right|[[Santa Barbara station]], built in 1902 by the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] in the [[Mission Revival Style architecture|Spanish Mission Revival style]]]]

Santa Barbara is bisected by [[U.S. Route 101]], an automotive transportation corridor that links the city to the rest of the Central Coast region, [[San Francisco]] to the north, and [[Los Angeles]] to the southeast. [[Santa Barbara Municipal Airport]] offers commercial air service. Santa Barbara Aviation provides locally based private jet charter aircraft. [[Amtrak]] offers rail service through the ''[[Coast Starlight]]'' and ''[[Pacific Surfliner]]'' trains at the [[Santa Barbara station]] on State Street, and another stop at [[Goleta station|Goleta Station]].

The [[Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District]] (MTD) provides local bus service across the city. [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]] bus lines provide service to downtown Santa Barbara. Electric shuttles operated by MTD ferry tourists and shoppers up and down lower State Street and to the wharf. The Clean Air Express bus offers connections to Lompoc and Santa Maria. [[Ventura Intercity Service Transit Authority]] (VISTA) bus service offers connections south to Ventura and west to Goleta. Santa Barbara Airbus offers daily service to/from [[Los Angeles International Airport|LAX]] from downtown Santa Barbara, [[Carpinteria, California|Carpinteria]] and [[Goleta, California|Goleta]].

Santa Barbara has an extensive network of bike trails and other resources for cyclists,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Traffic Solutions – To provide a countywide transportation demand management (TDM) program |url=http://www.trafficsolutions.org/ |access-date=March 11, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> and the [[League of American Bicyclists]] recognizes Santa Barbara as a Silver Level city. Santa Barbara Car Free promotes visiting and exploring the area without use of a car.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2020 |title=Santa Barbara Car Free |url=https://www.santabarbaracarfree.org/ |access-date=March 11, 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=April 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401031525/https://www.santabarbaracarfree.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Often chosen as a winter training location for professional cycling teams and [[snowbird (person)|snowbirds]], Santa Barbara has cycling routes and several climbs, including Gibraltar Road and Old San Marcos/Painted Cave. A bike path and route connects the University of California, Santa Barbara to the downtown area, passing through Goleta and Hope Ranch. Bike rentals are a way for tourists to view Santa Barbara and the surrounding area. In 2009, the Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta metropolitan statistical area (MSA) ranked as the sixth highest in the United States for percentage of commuters who biked to work (4 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acs-15.pdf|series=American Community Survey Reports|title=Commuting in the United States: 2009|access-date=December 26, 2017|date=September 2011|archive-date=July 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726134351/https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acs-15.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

From 1875 until 1929, a [[Streetcars in Santa Barbara, California|streetcar network]] existed in Santa Barbara.<ref>Santa Barbara's Street Railway ''[[Pacific RailNews]]'' issue 259 June 1985 pages 18–20</ref>