Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

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Title:
Bismarck-Mandan Regional ITS Architecture Update: Version 5.0
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Publication Date:
Dec 2025
Type:
Research Report

Abstract

The Bismarck-Mandan Regional Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Architecture was developed under the guidance of the Bismarck-Mandan Metropolitan Planning Organization (Bis-Man MPO). Initially created in 2005, this architecture has undergone four updates in 2008, 2013, 2021, and 2025. Its primary purpose is to guide the implementation of ITS systems across the Bismarck-Mandan region while coordinating funding, deployment, information sharing, and overall operations related to these technologies. The key goals for ITS in this area are enhancing traveler safety, improving traffic and transit management, coordinating incident response, and providing better traveler information. A 5-year planning horizon was considered during the development of this regional architecture.

The development of the ITS Regional Architecture (ITSRA) was facilitated by the Advanced Traffic Analysis Center (ATAC) of the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI) at North Dakota State University (NDSU). A partnership agreement was established between ATAC and the Bis-Man MPO to support ITSRA development and maintenance.

This version of the ITSRA is the fifth iteration in a maintenance process that aims to keep the architecture up to date in accordance with FHWA guidelines and to continue to reflect the most current ITS picture in the region. This version of the ITSRA is based on the national Architecture Reference for Cooperative and Intelligent Transportation (ARC-IT 9.3).

The following reports are listed by publication date in reverse chronological order.