Public transportation in the city is limited to songthaews, motorcycle taxis and tuk-tuks. The dark blue songthaews leave from the central bus station and travel north on highway 213 to Thakhongyang and Mahasarakham University about eight kilometers west and north of downtown. The drivers will stop anywhere along the way when the passengers signal with a buzzer. Cost is about 10 Baht, and pay after exiting the songthaew.
