Editing Malé (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Male street.jpg|thumb|Street level view of Malé city]]

===Road===
Each of the islands of Malé is served by a dense network of paved roads, which are named ''magu'' (thoroughfare or street), ''hingun'' (road or street), and ''goalhi'' (small road or alley). Road traffic is heavy, especially on Malé Island.

Malé and [[Hulhulé Island]] are linked by the [[Sinamalé Bridge]], which was opened to traffic in October 2018, while Hulhulé and [[Hulhumalé]] are linked via a causeway, thus allowing the road networks of the three islands to be connected.

==== Public transport ====
[[File:Male City Aerial, The Capital city of Maldives - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Malé, 2014]]
[[File:Aerial view of the Sinamalé Bridge.jpg|left|thumb|Sinamalé Bridge, open since 2018]]
Public transport in Malé primarily consists of 3 [[minibus]] lines that run through the city, and connect the Greater Malé region to the main island. All the routes are operated by [[Raajje Transport Link (RTL)]]. These busses go through the wider roads through the city. Children under 18, people with special needs, and people above 65 years of age ride for free.

The Orchid Route (R10), the Ameenee Route (R11) and the Sosun Route (R12). The routes are named after the main roads that the minibus drives through in Malé, being ''Orchid Magu'', ''Ameenee'' ''Magu and Sosun Magu''. The Malé system has a total of 41 stops, of which R10 and R11 stop at 20 each, while R12 stops at 8. All 3 routes go through ''Majeedhee Magu'', in the centre of the city.

R11 to R9 are various routes connecting Malé to [[Hulhumalé]] and [[Velana International Airport]]. These busses are much larger, and in late 2020, began operating [[double-decker bus]]ses to Hulhumalé. The busses move between the islands using the [[Sinamalé Bridge]].

R13 Is an internal minibus route located internally within [[Villingili (Villimalé)|Villimalé]] and goes through 13 stops. It uses much smaller electrical-powered busses along with the Sosun Route (R12).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Faaiq |first=Ali |date=November 7, 2022 |title=Electric busses brought for RTL minibus fleet |url=https://timesofaddu.com/2022/11/07/electric-busses-brought-for-rtl-minibus-fleet/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126020548/https://timesofaddu.com/2022/11/07/electric-busses-brought-for-rtl-minibus-fleet/ |archive-date=26 November 2023 |access-date=26 November 2023 |work=The Times of Addu}}</ref>

===Air===
[[File:Landing Runway 18 (2121588367).jpg|left|thumb|Velana International Airport]]
[[File:Malé im Landeanflug.jpg|thumb|Main runway of Velana International Airport]]
[[Velana International Airport]] is located on nearby Hulhulé and is the city's airport as well as the principal airport in Maldives. With the opening of the [[Sinamalé Bridge]], the airport is now accessible from Malé by road. Before the opening of the bridge, transport between the airport and Malé was by a frequent ferry service. Hulhulé and Hulhumalé have been connected via a causeway since the development of Hulhumalé, allowing the airport to be accessed by road from the latter.

===Inter-island transport===
As Malé, Hulhulé, and [[Hulhumalé]] are now linked by roads, inter-island travel between the three islands can be done by road. For the other islands, inter-island transport is by ferry.

===Port===
[[File:Port of Malé.jpg|thumb|Port of Malé]]
Malé Island has a port that allows cargo vessels to dock.