Transportation Seminar Series
Interim Findings of the Southwest Demonstration Study
Feb 2, 2009 (10:00 - 11:00 a.m., IACC 422)
Mounting challenges facing public transportation and education providers in southwest North Dakota have resulted in a new, region-wide willingness to reorganize transportation resources. This innovative coordinated effort, the Southwest Demonstration, is intended to improve the efficiency of area public and pupil transportation systems as well as employ appropriate technology to achieve its goals. In order for the system to become operational in a timely and efficient manner, thoughtful planning and consideration is needed. Barriers to joint provision of student-public transportation, a review of the systems engineering process, and interim study findings of the study will be presented.
David Ripplinger, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU
David Ripplinger is an associate research fellow at the Small Urban & Rural Transit Center (SURTC), a program of the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, located at North Dakota State University. Mr. Ripplinger's research in transit has focused on a number of areas including transportation economics, ITS, coordination, and university community transportation. Mr. Ripplinger is a member of the Paratransit and Transportation Economics Committees of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). He is also the chair of TRB's Paratransit Research Committee. Mr. Ripplinger received his master's degree from Iowa State and is currently in the Transportation & Logistics Ph.D. program at North Dakota State.
