UGPTI researchers completed a walkability assessment of Langdon, ND, in 2022. They sought to bring all stakeholders together to identify the problems facing pedestrians in the community. A community is considered walkable if it is easy as well as safe for pedestrians to walk for recreation, exercise, and to school, stores, parks, the post office, etc.
Researchers at South Dakota State University developed a simple, straightforward benefits estimation methodology for evaluating the financial benefits of proposed access management treatments, including the design, spacing, operation, and locations of street connections, interchanges, driveways, and median openings.