Grand Rapids, Michigan

===Mass transit===
====Bus====
[[File:Rapid SilverLine.jpg|thumb|[[Silver Line (Grand Rapids)|SilverLine]] [[Bus rapid transit|BRT]] bus at the [[Rapid Central Station]]]]

The [[Interurban Transit Partnership]], which brands itself as ''The Rapid'', provides public bus transportation. Transportation is also provided by the DASH buses: the "Downtown Area Shuttle." DASH bus rides are free.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ridetherapid.org/additional-services/DASH | title=DASH | access-date=November 19, 2022 | archive-date=November 19, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119060358/https://www.ridetherapid.org/additional-services/DASH | url-status=live }}</ref> These provide transportation to and from the parking lots in the city of Grand Rapids to designated loading and unloading spots around the city. The area's Greyhound Bus terminal is integrated into the Central Station of the Rapid, simplifying transfers between Greyhound and local buses.

[[Indian Trails]] provides daily intercity bus service of varying frequencies between Grand Rapids and [[Petoskey, Michigan]],<ref>{{cite web |title = Grand Rapids-Cadillac-Traverse City-Petoskey |publisher = Mota Online |date = January 15, 2013 |access-date = March 9, 2013 |url = http://motaonline.net/page45.php?SessionID=d9b87a0593ba6ad7557e |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170821050422/http://motaonline.net/page45.php?SessionID=d9b87a0593ba6ad7557e |archive-date = August 21, 2017 |url-status = dead |df = mdy-all }}</ref> between Grand Rapids and [[Benton Harbor, Michigan]],<ref>{{cite web |title = Grand Rapids-Benton Harbor-Chicago |publisher = [[Indian Trails]] |date = November 11, 2012 |access-date = March 9, 2013 |url = http://www.indiantrails.com/sites/default/files/1486.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140717043807/http://www.indiantrails.com/sites/default/files/1486.pdf |archive-date = July 17, 2014 }}</ref> and between Grand Rapids and [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]]<ref>{{cite web |title = Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo |publisher = Indian Trails |date = November 11, 2012 |access-date = March 9, 2013 |url = http://www.indiantrails.com/sites/default/files/1487.pdf }} {{dead link|date=June 2015}}</ref> with intermediate stops.

In August 2014, the [[Silver Line (Grand Rapids)|SilverLine]] opened, Michigan's first [[bus rapid transit]] line, an express bus line designed to function like a light rail system.<ref>{{cite web |title = 6 Reasons Grand Rapids Earned a Place on the Great Transit Map |publisher = nextcity.com |url = http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/grand-rapids-good-transit-lessons |first = Rachel |last = Dovey |date = October 31, 2014 |access-date = November 15, 2014 |archive-date = November 9, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141109135038/http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/grand-rapids-good-transit-lessons |url-status = live }}</ref> There are plans in the works to add more express routes, secondary stations, a streetcar and dedicated (exclusive) highway lanes.<ref>[http://rapidtmp.org/includes/modules/base/controllers/assets/fileDownload.php?file=1279822831_Transit+Master+Plan+Final+Report_071210.pdf&r=%2Fpeoples_plan "Transit Master Plan Final Report"]   {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025100050/http://rapidtmp.org/includes/modules/base/controllers/assets/fileDownload.php?file=1279822831_Transit%20Master%20Plan%20Final%20Report_071210.pdf&r=%2Fpeoples_plan |date=October 25, 2012 }} Chapter 6:  Development of Future 2030 Planning Scenarios, p. 30 – 32.</ref>

====Air====
Commercial air service to Grand Rapids is provided by [[Gerald R. Ford International Airport]] (GRR). Eight passenger airlines and two cargo airlines operate over 150 daily flights to 34 nonstop destinations across the United States. International service was formerly operated to Toronto, Canada by Air Canada Express. The airport was formerly named Kent County International Airport before gaining its present name in 1999.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}

The first regularly scheduled air service in the United States was between Grand Rapids and Detroit (actually Dearborn's Ford Airport) on a Ford-Stout monoplane named Miss Grand Rapids, which began on July 26, 1926. [[Delta Air Lines]] continues to operate this route today to their hub at [[Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport]] (DTW).{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}

====Rail====
[[File:Amtrak Grand Rapids.jpg|thumb|[[Amtrak]] train at Grand Rapids station]]

[[Amtrak]] provides direct train service to [[Chicago]] from the [[Grand Rapids (Amtrak station)|passenger station]] via the ''[[Pere Marquette (Amtrak train)|Pere Marquette]]'' line.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.gvmc.org/newsupdates/pere_marquette.shtml |title = Pere Marquette |publisher = Grand Valley Metropolitan Council |access-date = August 21, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170712090221/http://www.gvmc.org/newsupdates/pere_marquette.shtml |archive-date = July 12, 2017 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="PMHS">{{cite web |url = http://www.pmhistsoc.org/diffpms.shtml |title = Who or What Are All Those 'Pere Marquettes'? |publisher = Pere Marquette Historical Society |access-date = August 20, 2017 |archive-date = March 19, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220319074924/http://www.pmhistsoc.org/diffpms.shtml |url-status = live }}</ref> Freight service is provided by [[CSX]], the [[Grand Elk Railroad]], [[Marquette Rail]], and the [[Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad]].