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I I TI ANSPORTATION I I I I I I I The'Twin Cities has a modem' transportation system. [] Mlnneapohs-St Paul International Airport is a modern facility located within 15 minutes of the two downtown areas Passenger service is available to 80 malor U S cities, plus Canada, Latin America Europe and the Orient Facility served 8 5 million passengers and 71.000 tons of air cargo In 1982 :: Terminal expan- sion under way is designed [or 20 million passengers [] P'assengei service is available from two Twin Cities based carriers, Northwest and Republic. and by nine other malor airlines East coast cities are within three hours and West coast cities lust over three [] Geographic "north coast" location makes many routes to Europe and Asia shorter via a circumpolar air route ~; [] The Twin Cities sits at the head of commercial navigation on the M~ss~sslppi River Fourteen barge lines are located here The river provides access to the central continental river system, to Pennsylvania on the east. Nebraska on the west. and Lomslana and the Caribbean to the south The port loaded 12 milhon tons of coal. grain sand and gravel petroleum and othel bulk products and general cargo in 1983 ' Minnesota s current river terminals have the capacity to handle million tons ol cargo annually ,' [] The Twin Cities ~s headquarters lot the Burhngtor. Northern and Soo Line railroads Ten other railroads have offices here Two-to-five-day service IS available to both coasts ;- The radroads provide low cost access to western coal [] The Twin Cities is the upper m~dwest center for trucking Some 150 trucking films serve the area. providing overnight service to other told-nation crees and four-or-five-day servtce to coastal markets Cs [] Area's highway system allows non rush-period travel from any point m the urban area to another In about 45 minutes ;-- Minnesota ranks 10th among the states in F-~.r cap~ta state and local expenditures for h~ghway construction and maintenance A S100 mdho:. road and !::'.dse improvement program is currently under wa',' The interstate highway system in the region is relatively new ~ Public transportation is provided by a publicly- owned Meuopohtan Transit Commission Its fleet of modern buses carries 75 mflhon passengers annually Rider fares are relatively low 60 cents gets people around Private bus companies augment public sen'ice The number of people who car or van pool here zs unusually high Emplo~,'ee van pool programs were pioneered here"