Kankakee, Illinois

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
[[File:Kankakee aerial.jpg |thumb|right|Aerial view of Kankakee. The confluence of Iroquois River and Kankakee River is visible on the left edge of the frame.]]

====Airport====
Kankakee is served by the [[Greater Kankakee Airport]], a [[general aviation]] facility located in the southern portion of Kankakee.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kvaa.com/ | title=Kankakee Valley Airport Authority | publisher=Kankakee Valley Airport Authority | access-date=2012-06-08 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816021430/http://www.kvaa.com/ | archive-date=August 16, 2012 }}</ref>

====Railroads====
[[Amtrak]] provides service to Kankakee from the [[Kankakee (Amtrak station)|Kankakee Amtrak Station]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=am/am2Station/Station_Page&code=KKI | title=Kankakee, IL (KKI) | publisher=Amtrak | access-date=2012-06-08 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825090326/http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=am%2Fam2Station%2FStation_Page&code=KKI | archive-date=August 25, 2012 }}</ref> Amtrak operates the ''[[City of New Orleans (train)|City of New Orleans]],'' the ''[[Illini (train)|Illini]],'' and the ''[[Saluki (train)|Saluki]]'' with each train running once daily in both directions.<ref>{{cite web |title=City of New Orleans, Illini and Saluki |publisher=Amtrak |url=http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/BlobServer?blobcol=urldata&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobkey=id&blobwhere=1249240921216&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-disposition&blobheadervalue1=attachment;filename=Amtrak_City-of-New-Orleans-Schedule-050712.pdf |date=May 7, 2012 |access-date=2012-06-08 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511172730/http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/BlobServer?blobcol=urldata&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobkey=id&blobwhere=1249240921216&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-disposition&blobheadervalue1=attachment;filename=Amtrak_City-of-New-Orleans-Schedule-050712.pdf |archive-date=May 11, 2012 }}</ref>

====Highways====
[[Interstate 57]] runs east–west in the southern part of the city and turns north–south in the eastern part of Kankakee. United States Highways [[US 45]] and [[US 52]] run [[Concurrency (road)|concurrently]] forming, along with Illinois Route [[Illinois Route 50|IL 50]], the major north–south thoroughfares through Kankakee. Illinois Route [[Illinois Route 17|IL 17]] is the major east–west road that bisects the city.

====Public transportation====
The [[River Valley Metro Mass Transit District]] (RVMMTD; River Valley Metro or METRO, for short) operates the region's transit bus system. Service runs seven days a week to locations in Kankakee as well as the nearby cities of [[Aroma Park, Illinois|Aroma Park]], [[Bradley, Illinois|Bradley]], [[Bourbonnais, Illinois|Bourbonnais]], and [[Manteno, Illinois|Manteno]]. All of the Kankakee routes are stationed out of the Chestnut & North Schuyler Transfer Station.<ref>{{cite web |title=Transfer Stations |publisher=River Valley Metro |url=http://www.rivervalleymetro.com/?page_id=48 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006221332/http://www.rivervalleymetro.com/?page_id=48  |archive-date=2011-10-06 |access-date=2012-06-08 }}</ref> River Valley Metro operates 12 fixed-regular bus routes and 2 commuter routes. The Midway and University Park commuter routes were added January 5, 2014, and in August 2015 River Valley Metro added a second Midway route to its schedule. In January 2016, a second University Park route was added.