In 2007 APTA named SouthWest Transit a finalist for the Gold Award for bus transit systems operating fewer than 1 million passenger trips per year, in recognition of the agency's "outstanding safety program achievements".
In 2007 SouthWest Transit was awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada for its 2006 comprehensive annual financial report.
Awarded American Transportation Associations AdWheel award for SWT's college promotion and 2005 Annual Report.
FHWA recognized SouthWest Station exceptional design quality in the Highway Design Awards in 2005
Awarded first place in the Homepage and Annual Report categories of the American Public Transportation Association's AdWheel competition
Awarded the Outstanding Public Transportation System of the Year in 2004 by the American Public Transportation Association
SouthWest Station was chosen as the recipient of the 2004 Minnesota Shopping Center Association 'STARR' Award for design and aesthetics
In October 2004, our Executive Director, Len Simich, received the Minnesota Public Transportation Association's Outstanding Transit Professional of the Year Award
2000 Management Innovation Award - Minnesota Public Transportation Association
1999 Environmental Quality Award - Eden Prairie Chamber of Commerce and Environment and Waste Management Commission
1999 Minnesota Transit Advocate Award - Minnesota Transportation Alliance
1999 Transit System of the Year - Minnesota Public Transportation Association
