With funding from the North Dakota Legislature, the UGPTI recently launched its Transportation Data Intelligence Lab, a high-tech classroom and data center that allows researchers to collect information on traffic and road conditions from a variety of cameras and sensors across the state. The goal is to provide workers and support to transportation agencies in making critical decisions on planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating the state’s roadways system.
In this newsletter you will find a guest piece written by Judge Leslie Maddox, with a short follow-up regarding North Dakota's definition of what constitutes a vehicle. Also an update from the recent North Dakota Impaired Driving Conference, the updated 2025 crash statistics, as well as the usual case law and training/resources sections.
Yun Zhou, a post-doctoral traffic safety associate with North Dakota State University’s Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI), was awarded the 2025 Data Visualization Award at the Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals Traffic Records Forum held in Boston July 6–9.
