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Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute’s Advanced Traffic Analysis Center (ATAC), with support from the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) had previously completed a pilot traffic data collection project for two of the state highway intersections located within the City of Minot (City). Realizing the value of the data being collected, Central Dakota Metropolitan Planning Organization (CenDak MPO) requested that the data collection efforts be expeditiously expanded networkwide.

This project spanning the year 2025 set up 17 additional City intersections, raising the total locations reporting data to 19. Note that similar to the NDDOT sponsored pilot project, this phase of traffic data collection and reporting used existing infrastructure without the need to purchase or maintain any additional traffic data collection devices. The mostly under-utilized or un-utilized capabilities of the existing transportation infrastructure devices combined with UGPTI’s cross-cutting expertise and innovative approach have made it possible to gather traffic data 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and 365 days per year.