Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Spotlight

  • July 28, 2026
    Join this webinar to explore research findings on innovative approaches to managing highway infrastructure. Participants will learn about a cost-efficient method for assessing culvert conditions and prioritizing maintenance tasks when highway data is limited. The session also examines the role of condition prediction models in optimizing maintenance budgets for underrepresented assets such as culverts.
  • July 23, 2026
    Highway–rail grade crossing (HRGC) incidents in the United States declined substantially for several decades before stabilizing in recent years. Understanding this persistence is important because future safety improvements may depend on identifying locations where incident occurrence remains resistant to further reduction.
  • July 7, 2026
    The 2024-2025 Annual ND Elevator Marketing Report is now available online. This report provides a benchmark for elevator managers in assessing performance and supply and serves as a source for recognizing trends in the characteristics of ND elevators.
  • July 7, 2026
    The 2024-2025 ND Oilseed Transportation Statistics report is now available. For 70 years NDSU has published this report to provide a database for identifying trends in the distribution of grain and oilseeds from North Dakota.

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