Missouri Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Transportation== ===Airports=== Missouri has two major airport hubs: [[St. Louis Lambert International Airport]] and [[Kansas City International Airport]]. Southern Missouri has the [[Springfield–Branson National Airport]] (SGF) with multiple non-stop destinations.<ref>{{cite web|title = Non-stop Destinations {{!}} Springfield-Branson National Airport (SGF)|url = http://flyspringfield.com/destinations|website = flyspringfield.com|access-date = January 18, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160112113203/http://flyspringfield.com/destinations|archive-date = January 12, 2016|url-status = live}}</ref> Residents of Mid-Missouri use [[Columbia Regional Airport]] (COU) to fly to Chicago (ORD), Dallas (DFW) or Denver (DEN).<ref>{{cite web|title = Columbia Regional Airport|url = http://www.flycou.com/|website = www.flycou.com|access-date = January 18, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160112183459/http://www.flycou.com/|archive-date = January 12, 2016|url-status = live}}</ref> ===Rail=== {{Missouri rail network}} [[File:Kirkwood Train Station.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|Amtrak station in [[Kirkwood, Missouri|Kirkwood]]]] [[File:KC Streetcar (26813012241).jpg|thumb|left|Kansas City Streetcar near [[Union Station (Kansas City)|Union Station]]]] [[File:Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907.png|thumb|Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907]] Two of the nation's three busiest rail centers are in Missouri. [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] is a major railroad hub for [[BNSF Railway]], [[Norfolk Southern Railway]], [[Kansas City Southern Railway]], and [[Union Pacific Railroad]], and every class{{nbsp}}1 railroad serves Missouri. Kansas City is the second-largest freight rail center in the US (but is first in the amount of tonnage handled). Like Kansas City, St. Louis is a major destination for train freight. Springfield remains an operational hub for BNSF Railway. [[Amtrak]] passenger trains serve [[Union Station (Kansas City, Missouri)|Kansas City]], [[La Plata (Amtrak station)|La Plata]], [[Jefferson City station|Jefferson City]], [[Gateway Multimodal Transportation Center|St. Louis]], [[Lee's Summit, Missouri|Lee's Summit]], [[Independence (Amtrak station)|Independence]], [[Warrensburg, Missouri|Warrensburg]], [[Hermann, Missouri|Hermann]], [[Washington, Missouri|Washington]], Kirkwood, [[Sedalia, Missouri|Sedalia]], and [[Poplar Bluff, Missouri|Poplar Bluff]]. A proposed [[high-speed rail]] route in Missouri as part of the [[Chicago Hub Network]] has received $31 million in funding.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/realitycheck/the-press-office/fact-sheet-high-speed-intercity-passenger-rail-program-chicago-st-louis-kansas-city|title=Fact Sheet: High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program: Chicago–St. Louis–Kansas City|access-date=January 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128213342/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/realitycheck/the-press-office/fact-sheet-high-speed-intercity-passenger-rail-program-chicago-st-louis-kansas-city|archive-date=January 28, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>{{update|reference from 2010 about Chicago Hub Network high-speed rail|date=June 2023}} The only urban light rail/subway system operating in Missouri is [[MetroLink (St. Louis)|MetroLink]], which connects the city of St. Louis with suburbs in Illinois and St. Louis County. It is one of the largest systems (by track mileage) in the United States. The [[KC Streetcar]] in downtown Kansas City opened in May 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kcstreetcar.org/about-kc-streetcar.htm |title=KC Streetcar—About KC Streetcar |access-date=October 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200707/http://kcstreetcar.org/about-kc-streetcar.htm |archive-date=October 29, 2013 }}</ref> The [[Gateway Multimodal Transportation Center]] in St. Louis is the largest active multi-use transportation center in the state. It is in downtown St. Louis, next to the historic [[Union Station (St. Louis)|Union Station]] complex. It serves as a hub center/station for MetroLink, the [[St. Louis MetroBus|MetroBus]] regional bus system, [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]], Amtrak, and taxi services. In 2018, a [[Missouri Hyperloop]] was proposed to connect St. Louis, Kansas City, and Columbia, reducing travel time across the entire state to around a half hour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/01/30/missouri-ready-700-mph-commutes/1078842001/|title=Is Missouri ready for 700 mph hyperloop commutes?|website=USA Today|last=della Cava|first=Marco|date=January 30, 2018|access-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328225952/https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/01/30/missouri-ready-700-mph-commutes/1078842001/|archive-date=March 28, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The project stalled in December, 2023, with the shutdown of the corporate partner [[Hyperloop One]]. ===Bus=== [[File:Mississippi from Cardiff Hill in Hannibal.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|The [[Mississippi River]] at [[Hannibal, Missouri|Hannibal]]]] Many cities have regular fixed-route systems, and many rural counties have rural public transit services. [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]] and [[Trailways]] provide inter-city bus service in Missouri. [[Megabus (North America)|Megabus]] serves St. Louis, but discontinued service to Columbia and Kansas City in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title = Megabus canceling service in Kansas City, Columbia|url = http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article35600877.html|website = kansascity|access-date = January 18, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160201133341/http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article35600877.html|archive-date = February 1, 2016|url-status = live}}</ref> ===Rivers=== The Mississippi River and Missouri River are commercially navigable over their entire lengths in Missouri. The Missouri was channelized through dredging and jetties, and the Mississippi was given a series of [[lock (water transport)|locks]] and dams to avoid rocks and deepen the river. St. Louis is a major destination for barge traffic on the Mississippi. ===Roads=== {{Main|Missouri State Highway System|List of Interstate Highways in Missouri|List of U.S. Routes in Missouri|List of state highways in Missouri|Missouri supplemental route}} Following the passage of Amendment 3 in late 2004, the [[Missouri Department of Transportation]] (MoDOT) began its Smoother, Safer, Sooner road-building program with a goal of bringing {{convert|2200|mi|km}} of highways up to good condition by December 2007. From 2006 to 2011 traffic deaths have decreased annually from 1,257 in 2005, to 1,096 in 2006, to 992 in 2007, to 960 in 2008, to 878 in 2009, to 821 in 2010, to 786 in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Number of Persons Killed or Injured in Missouri Crashes by Year|url=http://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/MSHPWeb/SAC/crash_data_severity_960grid.html|publisher=Missouri State Highway Patrol|access-date=September 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117094406/http://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/MSHPWeb/SAC/crash_data_severity_960grid.html|archive-date=January 17, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). 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