Editing Nantucket (section)

==Transportation==
From 1900 to 1918, Nantucket was one of few jurisdictions in the United States that banned automobiles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nantuckethistoricalassociation/3347365572/|title=Flickr|website=Flickr}}</ref>

Nantucket can be reached by sea from the mainland by [[Seastreak]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Balling |first=Joshua |date=February 24, 2022 |title=Seastreak resuming NYC service with 600-passenger fast ferry |url=https://www.ack.net/stories/seastreak-resuming-nyc-service-with-600-passenger-fast-ferry,27660 |access-date=March 18, 2022 |website=Inquirer and Mirror |language=en}}</ref> [[The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority|The Steamship Authority]], [[Hy-Line Cruises]], or Freedom Cruise Line, or by private boat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nantucketchamber.org/by-sea.html|title=Business Directory Search – Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce, MA|website=www.nantucketchamber.org}}</ref> A task force was formed in 2002 to consider limiting the number of vehicles on the island, in an effort to combat heavy traffic during the summer months.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131114103706/http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20020507%2FNEWS01%2F305079971 Nantucket 'gridlock' spurs plan to limit cars on island]. CapeCodOnline.com (May 7, 2002). Retrieved on August 16, 2013.</ref>

Nantucket is served by [[Nantucket Memorial Airport]] {{airport codes|ACK}}, a two-runway airport on the south side of the island. The airport is one of the busiest in Massachusetts and often logs more take-offs and landings on a summer day than Boston's [[Logan Airport]]. This is due in part to the large number of private planes used by wealthy summer inhabitants, and in part to the 10-seat [[Cessna 402]]s used by several commercial air carriers to serve the island community.

[[Nantucket Regional Transit Authority]] operates seasonal island-wide shuttle buses to many destinations including Surfside Beach, Siasconset, and the airport.

Until 1917, Nantucket was served by the narrow-gauge [[Nantucket Railroad]].

<gallery mode="packed" heights="150px">
File:Nantucket light 1.jpg|[[Sankaty Head Light]] [[lighthouse]]
File:Great Point Light.jpg|[[Great Point Light]]house
File:Light house at Brant point in Nantucket harbor.jpg|Brant Point Light in Nantucket Harbor
File:Nantucket Wharf by Don Ramey Logan.jpg|Nantucket Boat Basin
</gallery>

===Transportation disasters===
[[File:Line5125 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The ''[[Argo Merchant]]'' ran aground on December 15, 1976. A silvery oil slick can be seen coming from the center holds in the foreground.]]

Nantucket waters were the site of several noted transportation disasters:
* On May 15, 1934, the ocean liner [[RMS Olympic|RMS ''Olympic'']], sister ship to [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']], rammed and sank the [[Nantucket Lightship LV-117]] in heavy fog, roughly 45 miles south of Nantucket Island. Four men survived out of a crew of 11.
* On July 25, 1956, the Italian ocean liner [[SS Andrea Doria|SS ''Andrea Doria'']] collided with the [[MS Stockholm (1948)|MS ''Stockholm'']] in heavy fog {{convert|45|mi|km}} south of Nantucket, resulting in the deaths of 51 people (46 on the ''Andrea Doria'', 5 on the ''Stockholm'').
* On August 15, 1958, [[Northeast Airlines Flight 258]] crashed on approach to [[Nantucket Memorial Airport]], killing 25 of the 34 passengers and crew.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19580815-1 | title=ASN Aircraft accident Convair CV-240-2 N90670 Nantucket Memorial Airport, MA (ACK) }}</ref>
* On December 15, 1976, the [[oil tanker]] ''[[Argo Merchant]]'' ran aground {{convert|29|mi|km}} southeast of Nantucket. Six days later, on December 21, the wrecked ship broke apart, causing a large [[oil spill]].
* On October 31, 1999, [[EgyptAir Flight 990]], traveling from [[New York City]] to [[Cairo]], crashed approximately {{convert|60|mi|km}} south of Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.