Editing Lethbridge (section)

== Transportation ==
{{Main|Transportation in Lethbridge}}
[[File:Lethbridge Transit downtown.jpg|thumb|The downtown Lethbridge transit terminal]]
Mass transit in Lethbridge consists of 40&nbsp;buses (with an average age of 10&nbsp;years) operating on more than a dozen routes.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 9, 2006 |title=Richard keeps the city's buses on the road |work=Lethbridge Herald |first=Dave |last=Mabell |page=A4}}</ref> Traditionally, bus routes in the city started and ended downtown. In the early 21st century, however, [[Lethbridge Transit]] introduced cross-town and shuttle routes, such as [[University of Lethbridge]] to [[Lethbridge Polytechnic]], University of Lethbridge to the North Lethbridge terminal, and Lethbridge Polytechnic to the North Lethbridge terminal. Several routes converge near the [[Chinook Regional Hospital]], although it is not officially a terminal.

The Parks and Recreation department maintains the citywide, {{cvt|30|km}} pedestrian / cyclist [[Coal Banks Trail]] system. The system was designed to connect the [[Oldman River]] valley with other areas of the city, including Pavan Park in the north, Henderson Lake in the east, [[Alberta Highway 4|Highways 4]] and [[Alberta Highway 5|5]] in the south and a loop in West Lethbridge (including University Drive and McMaster Blvd).<ref>{{cite web|title=Coal Banks Trail |publisher=City of Lethbridge |url=http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/City+Hall/Departments/Parks+-+Pathways+-+Trails/Pathways+and+Trails/Coal+Banks+Trail/Coal+Banks+Trail.htm |access-date=February 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040907183051/http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/City%2BHall/Departments/Parks%2B-%2BPathways%2B-%2BTrails/Pathways%2Band%2BTrails/Coal%2BBanks%2BTrail/Coal%2BBanks%2BTrail.htm |archive-date=September 7, 2004}}</ref>

Four provincial highways ([[Alberta Highway 3|3]], [[Alberta Highway 4|4]], [[Alberta Highway 5|5]], and [[Alberta Highway 25|25]]) run through or terminate in Lethbridge.<ref name=progress>{{Cite web |url = http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/Content/docType329/Production/2016_PROVINCIAL_HWY_1-216_CONTROL_SECTION_MAP.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161112123232/http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/Content/docType329/Production/2016_PROVINCIAL_HWY_1-216_CONTROL_SECTION_MAP.pdf |archive-date = November 12, 2016 |access-date = November 12, 2016 |date = March 2016 |title = 2016 Provincial Highway 1–216 Progress Chart |publisher = Alberta Transportation |url-status = live |df = mdy-all}}</ref> This has led to the creation of major arterial roads, including [[Mayor Magrath Drive]], University Drive and Scenic Drive.<ref name=Lethbridgemap>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lethbridge.ca/living-here/Maps/Documents/Basemaps/Lethbridge%20Information%20Map.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231329/http://www.lethbridge.ca/living-here/Maps/Documents/Basemaps/Lethbridge%20Information%20Map.pdf |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=live |access-date=January 23, 2017 |title=Information Map |publisher=City of Lethbridge}}</ref> This infrastructure and its location on the [[CANAMEX Corridor]] has helped make Lethbridge and its freight depots a major shipping destination.<ref name="chamber"/> Lethbridge is {{cvt|100|km}} north of the United States border via Highways&nbsp;4 and 5 and {{cvt|210|km}} south of [[Calgary]] via [[Alberta Highway 2|Highways&nbsp;2]] and 3. Highways&nbsp;2, 3 and 4 form part of the [[CANAMEX Corridor]], a trade route between Mexico, the United States, and Canada.<ref name="chamber"/>

Lethbridge has a commercial airport, [[Lethbridge Airport]], and the [[Canadian Pacific Kansas City]] (CPKC) rail yards in [[Kipp, Alberta]] ({{cvt|12|km|disp=sqbr}} away). The airport provides commercial flights to Calgary, industrial and corporate opportunities, as well as private and charter flights elsewhere. The airport provides customs services for flights arriving from the United States. [[Lethbridge Canadian Pacific Railway Station]] was served by passenger rail on the CPR line between 1906 and 1971. The rail yards were eventually moved to Kipp, just west of the city, from downtown Lethbridge in 1983.<ref name=1981heraldrail>{{Cite news |newspaper=The Lethbridge Herald |title=Rail relocation plans advanced |date=November 6, 1981}}</ref><ref name=1981heraldplan>{{Cite news |newspaper=The Lethbridge Herald |title=Highway realignment plan gets favorable response |last=Scott |first=Peter |page=B1 |date=September 17, 1981}}</ref> The yards were planned for redevelopment with a mix of multi-family residential, commercial and light industrial land uses.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lethbridge.ca/Doing-Business/Planning-Development/Documents/Railway%20Relocation%20ARP.pdf | title=Railway Relocation Lands Area Redevelopment Plan | publisher=City of Lethbridge | type=[[PDF]] | page=80 (Land Use Concept) | date=January 1983 | access-date=May 30, 2014 | archive-date=May 21, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521110248/http://www.lethbridge.ca/Doing-Business/Planning-Development/Documents/Railway%20Relocation%20ARP.pdf | url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Park Place Mall]] is now located on the portion of the former rail yards north of 1&nbsp;Avenue South between Scenic Drive to the west and Stafford Drive to the east.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lethbridge.ca/living-here/Maps/Documents/Basemaps/Lethbridge%20Information%20Map.pdf | title=Information Map | publisher=City of Lethbridge | type=[[PDF]] | date=June 2013 | access-date=May 30, 2014 | archive-date=March 3, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231329/http://www.lethbridge.ca/living-here/Maps/Documents/Basemaps/Lethbridge%20Information%20Map.pdf | url-status=live}}</ref>