Editing Southern Tier (section)

==Transportation==

[[File:Southern Tier Expressway.svg|125px|right|thumb|Southern Tier Expressway route marker]]
The [[Southern Tier Expressway]] – [[Interstate 86 (Pennsylvania–New York)|Interstate 86]] and [[New York State Route 17]] – serves the Southern Tier. The highway is the region's major corridor and connects to [[U.S. Route 219]] in Salamanca, [[Interstate 390 (New York)|Interstate 390]] in Bath, [[Interstate 99]] in Corning, [[U.S. Route 220]] in Waverly, and [[Interstate 81 in New York|Interstates 81]] and [[Interstate 88 (New York)|88]] in Binghamton.

The region is served by three [[regional airport]]s.  [[Elmira-Corning Regional Airport]] has routes to [[Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]], [[Washington-Dulles International Airport|Washington D.C.]], [[Detroit International Airport|Detroit]], and several destinations in [[Florida]].  The [[Greater Binghamton Airport]] offers [[Delta Airlines]] flights to Detroit. [[Chautauqua County-Jamestown Airport]] connects to [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]] via [[Essential Air Service]].

Bus service is provided along the entire I-86/NY 17 corridor by [[Coach USA]]'s [[Short Line (bus company)|Shortline]]/Erie services from Jamestown to New York City and [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], and [[Trailways]] connects the Southern Tier with [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[Dubois, Pennsylvania|Dubois]] (at the western end in Salamanca), [[Sunbury, Pennsylvania|Sunbury]]/[[Lock Haven, Pennsylvania|Lock Haven]] (at Elmira), and [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]], [[Albany, New York|Albany]] and [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]] (at Binghamton). A somewhat-unorganized network of municipally-operated public transportation services operate local and limited intercity bus services between Salamanca and Elmira.

Until the demise of long-distance passenger rail service in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, the [[Erie Railroad]] operated passenger trains in the region, with [[Chicago, Illinois]] as the western terminus and [[Jersey City, New Jersey]] as the eastern terminus, with [[ferry]] connections to [[New York City]]. The last Erie Lackawanna passenger train, the "Lake Cities", ran on January 6, 1970.

[[Amtrak]] currently does not serve the area. Proposals for [[high-speed rail in New York]] have included a route from Binghamton to New York City through [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]]: a route that could at least partially be upgraded for high-speed rail. As of 2011, the highest priority for high-speed rail projects in New York is in the [[Empire Corridor]], of which no part crosses the Southern Tier. The hilly terrain of the Southern Tier's I-86 corridor is not ideal for high-speed rail service, especially compared to the relatively flat and straight land in the Empire Corridor.