As ridership rallies, Matbus poised for additional assistance from state

As ridership rallies, Matbus poised for additional assistance from state

FARGO — The last several years have been more of a roller coaster ride than a routine bus trip for Fargo-Moorhead's Metro Area Transit system, known as Matbus. In 2018, Matbus saw its highest numbers ever, hitting nearly 1.95 million riders. But just two years later, mirroring a trend seen in communities of all sizes across the country, pandemic shutdowns caused those numbers to crater. Just three years after its all-time high, more than 800,000…