Fargo Moorhead Metro Area Transit

Metro Area Transit

Headquarters	502 NP Ave., Fargo, ND
Service area	Fargo-Moorhead
Service type	bus service, paratransit
Fleet	41[1]
Fuel type	Diesel, biodiesel[2]
Web site	matbus.com

Fargo Moorhead Metro Area Transit is a bus company serving the Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota Metropolitan area. It is popularly known as MAT.^[1]

Metro Area Transit (MAT) has experienced a 28 percent increase in the number of riders in Fargo. In January and February, MAT carried 241,196 passengers on its Fargo routes, up from 185,292 during the same period in 2007.

High gas prices surely receive some of the credit for the increase in riders on MAT. Customers can buy a 30-day bus pass for just $40. But Fargo Planning and Development Director Jim Gilmour sees other explanations as well.

“We greatly improved service to the shopping areas on 13th Avenue South in late 2007,” Gilmour said. “Since then, we’ve seen a 66 percent jump in ridership on Route 15, which was extended to serve Wal-Mart and offer a more direct connection to the West Acres Shopping Center. The fact this route is now available every 30 minutes instead of every 60 makes it easier than ever for shoppers to reach their destinations.”

A third factor in MAT’s increasing passenger load is the number of Fargo college students using the bus system; this number was up 37% in January/February 2008 when compared to January/February 2007 statistics.

Route list

• 1 Concordia College/Eventide/Center Mall
• 2 Hornbacker's Plaza/MSUM
• 3 Community College/Sports Center/Target Plaza
• 4 Churches United/Court House/Center Mall
• 5 Community College/MSUM/Village Green
• 6 Court House/Park View
• 11 Meritcare/Northport/Trollwood
• 12 Meritcare/VA Hospital/32nd Ave
• 13A University Village/Fargodome/10th Ave
• 13B University Village/Renaissance Hall
• 14 Prairie Psychiatric/Cass Government Complex
• 15 Fraser Hall/13th Ave/West Acres
• 16 High Rise/South High/Library
• 17 Pioneer Manor/Madison Elem/New Life
• 18 Fraser Hall/Community Homes/Cass Government Complex
• 21 West Acres/18th Ave/CETERO Lab
• 22 West Acres/13th Ave/Share House
• 25 West Acres/South Pointe/Sunmart
• 31 NDSU On-Campus Circulator
• 32 NDSU South Near-Campus Circulator
• 33 NDSU/University Village
• 34 NDSU North Near-Campus Circulator

References

1. ^ ^{a b} About MAT
2. ^ "Biodiesel Use in Fargo-Moorhead MAT Buses". Small Urban & Rural Transit Center. Aug. 29, 2007. http://www.surtc.org/research/biodiesel.php. Retrieved 2009-03-30. 

External links

• Official website

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