Getting In, Getting Around Kalamazoo

The Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport serves the area. Major connections include Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, and Pittsburgh.

Kalamazoo is served by highways I-94, US 131, M-43 and M-96. It was on the original Territorial Road in Michigan of the 1800s, which started in Detroit and ran to Lake Michigan. Much of that, but not all, later became Old U.S. 12--the "old" designation came about when I-94 was built parallel to it--and also was called Red Arrow Highway after a World War I army division. The name "U.S. 12" was shifted south to what once was U.S. 112 between Detroit and Chicago. Some parts of Old U.S. 12 outside of town, especially in Van Buren County and Berrien County to the west, are still called Red Arrow Highway. The term "Old U.S. 12" has faded from use. I-94 is a major east-west Interstate Highway that connects the city with Detroit to the east, and Chicago to the west. United States Highway 131 connects the city with Grand Rapids to the north.

The city sits on the Chicago-Detroit Amtrak route. A train ride to Chicago is about 2.5 hours.

The downtown train station also acts as a bus station. Major destinations include Grand Rapids, Chicago and Detroit.

Public bus services within the city are provided by Kalamazoo Metro Transit.

The Kal-Haven Trail, heavily used by bicyclists and snowmobilers, extends nearly to downtown Kalamazoo. It runs 34 miles (55 km) between South Haven, Michigan, to a point just west of Kalamazoo, though there are plans to extend it into the city.