Transportation heritage streetcar system Three primary
Interstate Highways and four
auxiliary Interstates serve Little Rock.
Interstate 40 (I-40) passes through North Little Rock to the north, and
Interstate 30 in Arkansas enters the city from the south, ending at I-40 in the north of the Arkansas River.
Interstate 57 runs northeast to Chicago with a small portion yet to be built. Shorter routes designed to accommodate the flow of urban traffic across town include
I-430, which bypasses the city to the west,
I-440, which serves the eastern part of Little Rock including
Clinton National Airport, and
I-630 which runs east–west through the city, connecting west Little Rock with the central business district.
I-530 runs southeast to
Pine Bluff as a
spur route.
U.S. Route 70 parallels I-40 into North Little Rock before multiplexing with I-30.
US 67 and
US 167 share the same route from the northeast before splitting. US 67 and US 70 multiplex with I-30 to the southwest. US 167 multiplexes with
US 65 and I-530 to the southeast.
Rock Region Metro, which until 2015 was named the Central Arkansas Transit Authority (CATA), provides public bus service within the city. As of January 2010, CATA operated 23 regular fixed routes, three express routes, as well as special events shuttle buses and
paratransit service for disabled persons. Of the 23 fixed-route services, 16 offer daily service, six offer weekday service with limited service on Saturday, and one route runs exclusively on weekdays. The three express routes run on weekday mornings and afternoons. Since November 2004, Rock Region Metro's
Metro Streetcar system (formerly the River Rail Electric Streetcar) has served downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock. The Streetcar is a -long
heritage streetcar system that runs from the North Little Rock City Hall and throughout downtown Little Rock before it crosses over to the William J. Clinton Presidential Library. The streetcar line has 14 stops and a fleet of five cars with a daily ridership of around 350.
Greyhound Lines serves Dallas and
Memphis, as well as intermediate points, with numerous connections to other cities and towns.
Jefferson Lines serves
Fort Smith,
Kansas City, and
Oklahoma City, as well as intermediate points, with numerous connections to other cities and towns. These carriers operate out of the North Little Rock bus station.
Amtrak serves the city twice daily via the
Texas Eagle, with northbound service to Chicago and southbound service to
San Antonio, as well as numerous intermediate points. Through service to Los Angeles and intermediate points operates three times a week. The train carries coaches, a sleeping car, a dining car, and a Sightseer Lounge car. Reservations are required. Nine airlines, of which eight are passenger ones and one is a cargo one, serve many national gateway cities from
Clinton National Airport. In 2006, airlines carried approximately 2.1 million passengers on approximately 116 daily flights to and from Little Rock.
Modal characteristics According to the 2016 American Community Survey, 82.9% of working Little Rock residents commuted by driving alone, 8.9% carpooled, 1.1% used public transportation, and 1.8% walked. About 1.3% commuted by all other means of transportation, including taxi, bicycle, and motorcycle. About 4% worked out of the home. In 2015, 8.2% of city of Little Rock households were without a car, which increased slightly to 8.9% in 2016. The national average was 8.7% in 2016. Little Rock averaged 1.58 cars per household in 2016, compared to a national average of 1.8 per household.
Healthcare Hospitals in Little Rock include: • Arkansas State Hospital – Psychiatric Division •
Arkansas Children's Hospital • Arkansas Heart Hospital • Baptist Health Medical Center • Central Arkansas Veteran's Health care System (CAVHS) • Pinnacle Pointe Hospital • St. Vincent Health System •
UAMS Medical Center Emergency services The City of Little Rock and the surrounding area are serviced by Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services (MEMS), a public, non-profit,
public utility model ambulance service. In the early years of EMS, the city of Little Rock was serviced by multiple ambulance services. Subsequently, patient care was overshadowed by profit. A walk-out of one of the two services, Medic Vac, led to the creation of the Little Rock Ambulance Authority and MEMS in 1984. ==Notable people==