 Metrobus, Prince George's County's THE BUS (routes 11 and 15X), and the University of Maryland's Shuttle-UM (route 143; campus ID or pass required) each have bus routes which serve the city of Greenbelt.Through a city–university partnership that began in 2017, Greenbelt residents are permitted to unlimited travel on Shuttle UM, with the purchase of a $10 annual pass.Greenbelt was settled on September 30, 1937, as a public cooperative community in the New Deal era.