This project, spanning the year 2025, added 17 City intersections, increasing the total number of data-reporting locations to 19. Similar to the North Dakota DOT-sponsored pilot project, this phase of traffic data collection and reporting leveraged existing infrastructure, eliminating the need to purchase or maintain additional traffic data collection devices. The previously underutilized capabilities of existing transportation infrastructure, combined with UGPTI’s cross-cutting expertise and innovative approach, have made it possible to collect traffic data 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and 365 days per year.
A comprehensive update with contributions from ATAC researchers includes: new stakeholders (including ATAC), refined service packages that align with MPO objectives, improved clarity and usability, new agreements that strengthen operational reliability, project architecture guidance, and an updated ITS inventory. This collaborative effort with participation from engineering, information technology, public works, and highway departments, emergency management, law enforcement, fire services, ambulance units, highway patrol, and the sheriff’s office played a crucial role in developing a robust, actionable framework to steer the region’s ITS initiatives.
Several researchers with the UGPTI at NDSU were recently appointed to standing committees within the Transportation Research Board (TRB). TRB’s standing committees bring together volunteers from around the world who share interest and expertise in various aspects of transportation.
Input from townships and counties across North Dakota is critical to updating local road and bridge investment needs estimates for the next legislative session, according to researchers at the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI) at NDSU.
