Editing Stuttgart Region (section)

== Infrastructure ==
The Stuttgart Region is accessed through a dense roadenetwork of [[Controlled-access highway|controlled access highways]] ([[Autobahn]]), federal Highway ([[Bundesstraße]]n), district roads ([[Kreisstraße|Kreisstrassen]]). The Bundesstraßen, enhanced to four to six lanes run in a star pattern towards the [[States of Germany|states capital]]. There are only few efficient tangential Connections. The two Autobahns [[Bundesautobahn 8|A 8]] and [[Bundesautobahn 81|A 81]] meet in the Region at the Leonberg triangle, one of the most used Autobahn junctions in Germany. [[Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof|Stuttgarter Hauptbahnhof]], the main railway station is hub for the long-distance, regional and S-Bahn-Verkehr. Within a radius of 100&nbsp;km you thereby can reach about 12 million people. [[Stuttgart Airport]] has become a European hub for almost 60 airlines. 10 Million passengers use it annually and 65,000 tons of [[air freight]] is shipped here. Flights are offered to over 120 destinations in more than 40 countries. Through the Stuttgarter Harbour the Region is connected to the inner German and western European waterway network. [[Cargo ship]]s with a tonnage of up to 2,800 t are loaded and unloaded here daily. In order to accommodate the large number of [[Commuting|commuters]] in the Region and relieve the roads, the [[Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart]] (VVS) offers, counting only the [[Stuttgart S-Bahn|S-Bahn]] already a network of 215&nbsp;km length and Services 83 stops.

The leisure traffic accumulates the majority of the distances taken by the regions 2.7 Million inhabitants. About 800,000 People, roundabout three quarters of the socially insured employees, do not work where they live.