The collaboration between NDSU and Fargo Metro Area Transit Bus in serving the transit needs of the campus community has been recognized by the American Public Transportation Association as an exemplar in the nation.

The partnership is highlighted in the recently released “Public Transportation: Moving America Forward” publication, produced and distributed nationally by the association. Other cities recognized include Syracuse, Albany, Madison, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, Austin, Seattle and Chicago.

Fargo MATBUS will showcase its university partnerships when it hosts the association’s 2012 National Transportation and University Communities Conference, in collaboration with NDSU and the Small Urban and Rural Transit Center, in June 2012.

MATBUS provides more than one million rides annually to college and university students, staff and faculty each year, making up more than half of the total system ridership.