Transportation Tidbits
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Octobe r 2018
 
 

Welcome to the October issue of the Transportation Tidbits Newsletter! This issue features the latest happenings within the transportation industry along with a list of upcoming transportation conferences and webinars. You can also find some of the latest news from our faculty and students! If you have questions or comments about this month's issue, please let us know . Enjoy! 

Important Dates for NDSU Students


Oct
First
Week
     
Spring registration schedule available
Oct
12


Grades of 'Incomplete' convert to 'F'
Oct 15


Late fees applied to unpaid account balances (11:59 p.m.)
Oct 15


2nd half (8-week session) of Fall semester begins
Oct 28


Last day to Withdraw to Zero Credits @ 50% refund * (full semester classes only).
No refunds issued for withdraw to zero credits after this date.
Oct
Nov		 29-
18


Spring registration begins online based on total credits completed


NDSU Researcher Presents at 62nd Annual Scientific Conference

NDSU researcher Kimberly Vachal recently presented an assessment of North Dakota's 24/7 Sobriety Program at the 62nd Annual Scientific Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine in Nashville, TN October 7th-10th. 

She and co-author Andrew Kubas, formerly of NDSU and currently at St. Paul College, found that the program has positive effects on driver safety in terms of reduced DUI and non-DUI citations and crashes. They also found that participants who were enrolled in the program multiple times and those enrolled in shorter versions of the program had a greater likelihood for future DUI-related citations. The North Dakota 24/7 Sobriety Program is an administrative intervention where alcohol-impaired driving offenders are permitted restricted driving privileges while their criminal process proceeds. The program requires offenders to remain sober under twice-a-day or continuous monitoring systems in exchange for restricted driving privileges.


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 Upcoming Conferences

Workshops/Meetings


How This Woman Plans to Ride a Bike 170 Miles Per Hour 
 WIRED


How This Woman Plans to Ride a Bike 170 Miles Per Hour | WIRED
Denise Mueller-Korenek set the women's paced bicycle speed record in 2016, pedaling to 147 miles per hour. Now she's ready to attempt to break the overall record of 167 miles per hour and take the title of fastest cyclist ever.