For Columbia, a model for community, student transit in Ames, Iowa

Friday, February 24, 2012 | 6:00 a.m. CST; updated 1:39 p.m. CST, Thursday, March 1, 2012

AMES, Iowa — Most Iowa State University students climb aboard a red and yellow striped bus every day. Public transportation is ingrained into their routine in a way that would be expected in New York City, not a central Iowa town of approximately 60,000 population.

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