The GF-EGF Regional Architecture (RA) aims to guide the implementation of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in the region. It focuses on coordinating funding, deployment, information sharing, and operations of ITS technologies. The primary goals for the GF-EGF region include enhancing traveler safety, managing traffic and transit effectively, coordinating both planned and emergency management, and improving traveler information. This fifth iteration of the RA is part of an ongoing maintenance process designed to keep the architecture current by incorporating the latest FHWA reference architecture, identifying recent project updates, and documenting the system architecture of the newest ITS developments in the region.
The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI) has built a web-based traffic data analysis tool. This traffic analysis tool uses existing traffic signal control devices to collect data 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and 365 days per year. The primary purpose of this pilot project was to develop the agency-to-UGPTI connections and build a compatible traffic analysis tool database for the Bismarck-Mandan MPO to collect data from intersections operated / maintained by City of Bismarck.
