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The objective of this report is to provide a benchmark for elevator managers in assessing performance and supply a source for recognizing trends in the characteristics of North Dakota elevators. This report and the statistics mailed to individual elevators are presented as a source of information for...
This report represents a continuation of analysis concerned with the patterns and methods of distributing grains and oilseeds from North Dakota. This series began with the analysis of 1956-57 data and was published in Agricultural Economics Reports 15, 17, 44, 56, and 86 and Agricultural Experiment Station...
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...
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...
Regular inspection of transportation assets is essential to ensure pavement markings and pavements remain in good, clean, and safe condition. Our previous MPC-funded project (MPC-668) demonstrated the strong potential of using artificial intelligence (AI) and mobile phone imagery to identify various...
Existing bridge deterioration models rely on subjective national bridge inventory (NBI) condition ratings from visual inspections, which lack the objective assessments needed for informed repair and maintenance decisions. Non-destructive evaluation (NDE) tests, such as impact echo (IE), provide quantitative...
The United States lags behind other developed countries in several transportation safety metrics. Progress has been made in reducing the number of traffic-related fatalities, but preventable crashes resulting in death, injury, and property damage continue to occur. The statewide driver survey provides...
In recent years, transportation agencies have increasingly turned to machine learning (ML) to enhance the effectiveness of infrastructure asset management. However, limited local inventory data often hinders building accurate and reliable ML models. Additionally, data privacy and ownership concerns discourage...
The statewide driver traffic safety survey provides baseline and longitudinal metrics for the Highway Safety Division and others to use in understanding perceptions and self-reported behaviors related to focus issues. A core set of questions addresses nationally agreed upon priorities, including seat...
Trucks are an important mode of economic connectivity in rural states like North Dakota. The size/mass difference between 80,000-pound trucks and 4,000-pound passenger vehicles, along with operational differences such as acceleration/deceleration times and turning radiuses, heighten risk for crash events....