Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Transportation Seminar Series
Completed Seminars

The UGPTI Transportation Seminar Series provided helpful updates on transportation research and issues at the local, regional and national level. The series is focused on UGPTI staff, but is open to the public.

Completed Seminars

Bluetooth as a Reliable and Cost-Efficient Data Collection Method

Dec 6, 2011 – Diomo Motuba, Associate Research Fellow, Advanced Traffic Analysis Center, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Controversy and Transportation at the Most Basic Level: The Neighborhood

Nov 29, 2011 – Connie Sprynczynatyk, Executive Director, North Dakota League of Cities

Occupant Protection in North Dakota

Nov 22, 2011 – Andrea Huseth, Associate Research Fellow, Rural Transportation Safety and Security Center, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Giving Effective Presentations

Nov 15, 2011 – Carol Wright, Associate Director Outreach & Training, Small Urban & Rural Transit Center, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Ethics in the Workplace

Nov 8, 2011 – Jill Hough, Program Director, Small Urban & Rural Transit Center, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Marginal Cost Pricing and Subsidy of Transit

Nov 1, 2011 – Jeremy Mattson, Associate Research Fellow, Small Urban & Rural Transit Center, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

All Things Railroad: Big and Small

Oct 25, 2011 – Dan Zink, Director of Administration, Red River Valley & Western

Built Environment

Oct 18, 2011 – Del Peterson, Associate Research Fellow, Small Urban & Rural Transit Center, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Issues Impacting the Motor Carrier Industry

Oct 11, 2011 – Thomas A. Balzer, CAE; Executive Vice President; North Dakota Motor Carrier Association

Transportation Security and the Sovereign Movement

Oct 4, 2011 – Jarret Brachman, Associate Research Fellow, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Western North Dakota Traffic Model

Sep 27, 2011 – Alan Dybing, Associate Research Fellow, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Transportation Finance

Sep 20, 2011 – Tim Horner, Program Director, Transportation Learning Network, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Writing, Editing, and Rewriting

Sep 13, 2011 – Thomas Jirik, Communications Coordinator, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Introduction to RFID Technology and New Applications in Transportation

Sep 6, 2011 – Raj Bridgelall, Program Director, Advanced Traffic Analysis Center, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Minnesota Public Transit 101

Aug 30, 2011 – Keven Anderson, Office of Transit, Minnesota Department of Transportation

Ethics in Transportation

Apr 29, 2010 – Jill Hough, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Lessons Learned from the Moscow Train Bombings

Apr 15, 2010 – Jarret Brachman, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

An Evaluation of the Upstream Oil Industry Supply Chain Risk: Leveraging Analytic Hierarchy Approach

Apr 8, 2010 – Charles Briggs, PhD Student – NDSU

The Global Airline Industry: Government's Effect on Airline Prosperity

Apr 1, 2010 – Steve Leon, PhD Student – NDSU

Popularized Writing

Mar 25, 2010 – Tom Jirik, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

North Dakota's Changing Demographics: Implications for Transportation

Mar 11, 2010 – Dr. Richard Rathge, North Dakota State Data Center – NDSU

Ride or Relocate

Mar 4, 2010 – Del Peterson, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

The Potential of Dual Mode Vehicles for Public Transit in Alaska

Feb 25, 2010 – Tom Flanigan, PhD Student – NDSU

The Changing Face of America: Diversity and Its Implications

Feb 18, 2010 – Carol Wright, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Seat Belt Use on North Dakota Rural Roads

Feb 11, 2010 – Andrea Huseth, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Regionalizing Public Transportation

Feb 4, 2010 – David Ripplinger, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

An Assessment of Demand for Rural Intercity Transportation Services in a Changing Environment

Jan 28, 2010 – Jeremy Mattson, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Are Class I Railroads Profitable? An Economic Analysis of Railroad Profitability

Jan 21, 2010 – Siew Lim, PhD, North Dakota State University

Amtrak and Commuter Trains

Jan 14, 2010 – William Thoms, J.D.

Transportation and Workforce Development

Dec 8, 2009 – Jill Hough, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Evaluation of North Dakota's Fixed Automated Spray Technology Systems

Nov 24, 2009 – Shawn Birst, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Section 508 Compliance: Ensuring Accessibility to Web-Based Information

Nov 17, 2009 – David Ripplinger and Patrick Nichols, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Road Financing: A Development Perspective

Nov 3, 2009 – Marc Scott, PhD Student – NDSU

Fargo Growth Plan

Oct 27, 2009 – Jim Gilmour, Director, City of Fargo Planning and Development Department

Developing a Long-Range Transportation Plan

Oct 20, 2009 – Brian Gibson, Fargo-Moorhead Council of Governments

How to Conduct a Review of a Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Oct 13, 2009 – David Ripplinger, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Optimization Model and Risk Analysis for Global Supply Chain in Container Shipments: Imports to United States

Oct 6, 2009 – Lei Fan, PhD Student – NDSU

Transit and Small Urban Sprawl

Sep 29, 2009 – Del Peterson, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Generating Public Involvement in Transportation Decision Making

Sep 22, 2009 – Jon Mielke, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Improving Your Writing Skills

Sep 15, 2009 – Carol Wright, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

The Challenge of Promoting Innovation in a Constrained Environment

Apr 27, 2009 – Vincent Valdes, FTA Associate Administrator

Overview of Target's Supply Chain

Apr 20, 2009 – Matthew Titus, Target

Application of Advanced Technologies to Small Urban and Rural Transit: The Promises and the Challenges

Mar 9, 2009 – Jim Miller, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Federal-Aid Highway Funding

Mar 2, 2009 – Robert Fode, North Dakota Department of Transportation

Giving Effective Presentations

Feb 23, 2009 – Carol Wright, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Local Transportation and Planning Challenges from a County Engineer's Perspective

Feb 9, 2009 – Keith Berndt, Cass County Engineer

Interim Findings of the Southwest Demonstration Study

Feb 2, 2009 – David Ripplinger, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Peru Transportation Profile

Dec 8, 2008 – Anita Terpanier, MML Student – NDSU

How to Conduct a Literature Search

Dec 1, 2008 – Jeremy Mattson and David Ripplinger, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Evacuation Vulerability Grading

Nov 24, 2008 – Natalie Easterday, Hampton Roads Planning District Commission

Terrorism and Transportation Security

Nov 17, 2008 – Jarret Bachman, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Impact of Transportation on Wetland and Animal Habitat

Nov 3, 2008 – Subhro Mitra, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Longitudinal Analysis of Changes in the Behavior and Attitudes of College Undergraduates Toward Public Transportation: First and Second Wave Findings

Oct 27, 2008 – David Ripplinger, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Environmental Planning

Oct 20, 2008 – Brian Kalk, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

TARC Experience

Oct 13, 2008 – Marc Scott, PhD Student – NDSU

Role and Importance of Mobility in Our Socio-economic System

Oct 6, 2008 – Gene Griffin, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Integrating Security into MPO Planning

Sep 29, 2008 – Mark Lofgren, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Effects of Rising Fuel Prices on Transit Ridership

Sep 22, 2008 – Jeremy Mattson, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Writing, Editing, and Re-writing

Sep 15, 2008 – Carol Wright, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

The Logic and Nexus - Transportation, Disability and Federal Policy

Sep 8, 2008 – Alan Abeson

Intelligent Transportation Systems: Architecture, Deployment, and Advances

May 7, 2008 – Mohammad Smadi, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Evaluating Two Classes of Models for Urban Work Zone Traffic Analyses

Apr 30, 2008 – Jason Baker, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

UGPTI Intelligence: Toward a Global Transportation Intelligence Program

Apr 24, 2008 – Jarret Brachman, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Dynamic Meso-scopic Simulation Approach to Modeling Emergency Evacuations

Apr 16, 2008 – Mohammad Naser, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Understanding the Financial and Operating Impacts of Major Service Changes for Small Urban and Rural Transit Systems

Apr 2, 2008 – Jim Miller, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Organizing Transit in Small Urban & Rural Areas

Mar 12, 2008 – Dave Ripplinger, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Biodiesel Use in Fargo-Moorhead MAT Buses

Feb 20, 2008 – Del Peterson, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Risk Management in Transit

Feb 6, 2008 – Gary Hegland, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Evaluation of Superpave Construction Quality on Low Volume Roads

Jan 30, 2008 – Scott Schram, North Dakota State University

Divided Highways

Dec 13, 2007 – A film by Lawrence R. Hott and Tom Lewis

Exploring Travel Behavior of Elderly Women in Rural and Small Urban North Dakota: An Ecological Modeling Approach

Dec 5, 2007 – Jill Hough, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Why Does the North Dakota Department of Transportation Do Planning?

Nov 28, 2007 – Dave Leftwich, North Dakota Department of Transportation

When is Getting There Half the Fun? – Understanding the Positive Utility of Travel

Nov 14, 2007 – Patricia L. Mokhtarian, University of California – Davis

Alternative Fuel Use and Regulations in the Mountain Plains Region: An Overview

Nov 7, 2007 – Tamara VanWechel, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Longer-Term Forecasting of Commodity Flows on the Mississippi River: Application to Grains and World Trade

Oct 31, 2007 – William Wilson, Agribusiness and Applied Economics – NDSU

Using Census Data to Quantify Public Transportation Needs

Oct 24, 2007 – Jon Mielke, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Ten Years in the NEV Business: The Top 10 Success Factors

Oct 17, 2007 – Richard Kasper, Global Electric Motorcars, LLC.

Development and Implementation of a Commercial Driver Safety History Indicator into the Roadside Inspection Selection System

Oct 10, 2007 – Brenda Lantz, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Metropolitan Freight Modeling

Oct 3, 2007 – Diomo Motuba, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

What does Rural and Small Urban Really Mean? A Methodological Approach

Sep 26, 2007 – David Ripplinger, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Sub-Area Transit Planning Metro Area Transit: Moorhead Expansion & Alignment Study

Sep 19, 2007 – Wade E. Kline, Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Council of Governments

Demand and Cost Models for Small Urban and Rural Transit: Do They Really Work?

Sep 12, 2007 – Jim Miller, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

How to Avoid Common Pitfalls in Writing

Sep 5, 2007 – Carol Wright, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Remote Sensing in Transportation

May 4, 2007 – Mitra Subhro, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Advanced Small Transit Vehicle Study

Apr 27, 2007 – Del Peterson, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Apr 20, 2007 – Brian P. Kalk, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Who Killed The Electric Car? A Lack of Consumer Confidence...or Conspiracy?

Apr 18, 2007

Practical Tips for Journal-Style Scientific Writing

Apr 13, 2007 – Xinyu (Jason) Cao, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

Intermodal Transportation and Rural Areas

Mar 30, 2007 – Mark Berwick, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU

"LEED"ing the Way for Sustainable and Energy Efficient Neighborhoods

Mar 23, 2007 – Cindy Urness, North Dakota State University

Balancing Land Use and Transportation: The Trunk Highway 336 Experience

Mar 9, 2007 – Wade Kline, Metropolitan Council of Governments

Work Zone Traffic Management

Feb 23, 2007 – Jason Baker, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute – NDSU