Getting In, Getting Around Lansing

Three major Interstate Highways and one U.S. Highway serve the Lansing area including: I-96, I-69, I-496 (Olds Frwy), and US-127, and two State Routes, M-43 (Saginaw Hwy), and M-99 (MLK Jr. Blvd).

Amtrak provides intercity passenger rail service at a stop in nearby East Lansing, on the Blue Water line from Chicago to Port Huron. Three freight railroads serve Lansing including Canadian National Railways (CN), CSX Transportation (CSXT), and Norfolk Southern Railway (NS).

Lansing Capital City Airport, located northwest of the city, provides commercial air service. Michigan Flyer provides bus service between Lansing and Detroit Metro Airport eight times daily.

Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA) provides public transit bus service to the Lansing-East Lansing Metropolitan area, and boasts the second highest ridership in the state of Michigan.

Greyhound Lines provides inter-city bus service. CATA and Greyhound are both located in the CATA Transportation Center (CTC) in downtown Lansing.

The eight mile, non-motorized Lansing River Trail runs along the Grand River and the Red Cedar River, running as far east as Michigan State University, and passes Potter Park Zoo, the Capitol Loop, and several other destinations of interest, and as far west as Moores Park.

Also, Lansing has several taxicab companies serving the area, including Spartan-Yellow Cab, Big Daddy Taxi, and Jb's Country Club Transportation.