Asheville, North Carolina

===Transportation===
Asheville is served by [[Asheville Regional Airport]] in the southernmost portion of the city,<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.gcr1.com/5010ReportRouter/AVL.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319120255/https://www.gcr1.com/5010ReportRouter/AVL.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 19, 2023 |title=FAA5010_1 (Airport Master Record) |date=3 December 2020 |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration |id=AVL (Local ID) |access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref> and by [[Interstate 40 in North Carolina|Interstate 40]] (east-west),<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=31 December 2018<!--according to https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/index.cfm --> |title=Table 1 - Main Routes - FHWA Route Log and Finder List - Interstate Highway System - National Highway System - Planning - FHWA |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table01.cfm |access-date=2020-12-28 |website=National Highway System |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration |archive-date=July 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703213613/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table01.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Rp|I-40}} [[Interstate 240 (North Carolina)|Interstate 240]] (north loop from I-40),<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 December 2018<!--according to https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/index.cfm --> |title=Table 2 - Auxiliary Routes - FHWA Route Log and Finder List - Interstate Highway System - National Highway System - Planning - FHWA |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm |access-date=2020-12-28 |website=National Highway System |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration |archive-date=July 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703182115/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref>{{RP|I-240}} and [[Interstate 26 in North Carolina|Interstate 26]] (north-south).<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|I-26}} Additional major roadways providing access to Asheville include U.S. routes [[U.S. Route 19 in North Carolina|19]] and [[U.S. Route 74 (North Carolina)|74]], and North Carolina state routes [[North Carolina Highway 191|191]] and [[North Carolina Highway 280|280]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 2020 |title=Asheville, NC |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/north_carolina/asheville_nc.pdf |access-date=30 December 2020 |website=National Highway System |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration |type=Map |archive-date=October 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022123011/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/north_carolina/asheville_nc.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Passenger rail service is not available for the city. The city operates [[Asheville Rides Transit]] (ART), which consists of sixteen bus lines,<ref>{{cite web |title=Maps & Schedules |url=http://www.ashevillenc.gov/Departments/Transit/MapsSchedules.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306235408/http://www.ashevillenc.gov/Departments/Transit/MapsSchedules.aspx |archive-date=March 6, 2014 |access-date=March 6, 2014 |work=ashevillenc.gov}}</ref> providing service throughout the City of Asheville and to [[Black Mountain, North Carolina]].

A milestone was achieved in 2003, when Interstate 26 was extended nine miles from [[Mars Hill, North Carolina|Mars Hill]] (north of Asheville) to [[Johnson City, Tennessee]], completing a seven-year {{frac|1|4}}-billion dollar construction project,<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 August 2003 |title=Interstate 26 |edition=Final |volume=134 |page=A5 |work=Asheville Citizen-Times |publisher=Gannett |issue=215 |location=Asheville, North Carolina |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66231033/fullpagei262003/ |access-date=28 December 2020 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=September 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928171149/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66231033/fullpagei262003/ |url-status=live }}</ref> part of a twenty-year {{frac|1|2}}-billion dollar construction project through the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]]. Work continues to improve Interstate 26 from Mars Hill to Interstate 40 by improving [[U.S. Route 19]] and [[U.S. Route 23]] and the western part of Interstate 240. This construction will include a multimillion-dollar bridge to cross the [[French Broad River]].<ref>{{cite web |title=I-26 Connector, Asheville, NC |work=Public Information Website |publisher=North Carolina Department of Transportation |date=n.d. |url=http://www.ncdot.org/projects/I26Connector/default.html |access-date=August 20, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060706042334/http://www.ncdot.org/projects/I26Connector/default.html |archive-date=July 6, 2006 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The [[Norfolk Southern Railway]] passes through the city, but passenger service is no longer available in the area. The city was last served in 1975 by the [[Southern Railway (US)|Southern Railway]]'s ''[[Asheville Special]]'' ([[New York City|New York]]-[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]-Asheville, ended, 1970; Asheville-Salisbury, ended, 1975). Before that, it was served by the Southern's ''[[Skyland Special]]'' (Asheville-[[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]-[[Jacksonville]], ended, 1959) and ''[[Carolina Special]]'' ([[Cincinnati]]-Goldsboro and Charleston branches, ended, 1968). In 1968, passenger service shifted from Asheville's station to the nearby [[Southern Railway Passenger Depot (Asheville, North Carolina)|Biltmore station]]. The Asheville station, built in 1905, was demolished.<ref>{{cite news |title=Portrait of the past: Southern Railway passenger station |last=Neufeld |first=Bob |url=https://www.citizen-times.com/story/life/2015/02/05/portrait-past-southern-railway-passenger-station/22925973 |publisher=[[Asheville Citizen-Times]] |date=February 6, 2015 |access-date=February 4, 2022 |archive-date=January 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102050132/https://www.citizen-times.com/story/life/2015/02/05/portrait-past-southern-railway-passenger-station/22925973/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[North Carolina Department of Transportation]] has proposed the [[NC By Train#Salisbury – Asheville|restoration of train service]] between Asheville and [[Salisbury, North Carolina|Salisbury]], as has [[Amtrak]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Comprehensive State Rail Plan |url=https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/Rail-Division-Resources/Documents/2015%20Comprehensive%20State%20Rail%20Plan-%20Full%20Report.pdf |publisher=NCDOT Rail Division |access-date=11 August 2021 |date=August 2015 |pages=3–21 |archive-date=August 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810130156/https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/Rail-Division-Resources/Documents/2015%20Comprehensive%20State%20Rail%20Plan-%20Full%20Report.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lacey |first1=Derek |title=New plan adds Amtrak rail service from Asheville to Salisbury |url=https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2021/04/05/amtrak-service-asheville-salisbury-possibility-joe-biden-american-jobs-plan/4850514001/ |access-date=11 August 2021 |work=Citizen Times |date=5 April 2021 |archive-date=January 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102050124/https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2021/04/05/amtrak-service-asheville-salisbury-possibility-joe-biden-american-jobs-plan/4850514001/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2020, the city received a $US1 million grant from the [[Federal Transit Administration]] to be used primarily on the ART bus transit system.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Whitehead |first=Brittany |date=15 October 2020 |title=Asheville Rides Transit bus system to undergo $1.25m in upgrades |publisher=MSN |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/asheville-rides-transit-bus-system-to-undergo-24125m-in-upgrades/ar-BB1a3l1n |access-date=30 December 2020 |archive-date=January 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102050038/https://www.msn.com/en-us |url-status=live }}</ref>