east of the Marriott Hotel. It features a large shelter with indoor and outdoor seating. The NDSU Transit Hub is a standalone shelter located just off University Drive by the A. Glenn Hill Center at NDSU. It is both heated and cooled, and it features seating, system maps, and digital arrivals screens. The West Acres Shopping Center transfer hub is located at the Roger Maris Museum entrance. It is fully enclosed and features indoor and outdoor seating, and system maps. Ridership MATBUS ridership totaled 1,867,498 system-wide in 2017, down from 1,931,970 in 2016 (a 3.34% decrease). Ridership on MATBUS has seen significant gains since 1998 when fixed route ridership was 793,228. MATBUS experienced its highest use in 2014 when the total fixed route ridership reached 2,223,701. Significant ridership on MATBUS comes from area colleges due in part to the system's U-Pass program. Through the program, students at NDSU, MSUM, Concordia, M State, and NDSCS can ride any fixed route in the system for free by using their student ID. In 2017, college ridership accounted for 407,485 rides on MATBUS. Of those 407,485 rides, the majority (346,258) were taken by riders from NDSU. Fixed routes near the NDSU campus are some of the most-used routes in the MATBUS system. Ridership on MATBUS paratransit routes in 2017 was 10,907, up from 10,765 in 2016. The ridership and service statistics shown below are of fixed route services only and do not include demand response. Per capita statistics are based on the Fargo urbanized area as reported in NTD data. Starting in 2011, 2010 census numbers replace the 2000 census numbers to calculate per capita statistics. See also List of bus transit systems in the United States Fargo station Bis-Man Transit Cities Area Transit References External links Bus transportation in Minnesota Bus transportation in North Dakota