As part of the standard annual maintenance contract, Chaparral Systems Corporation staff provide all of the services necessary to operate the TRADAS system. In addition to these standard maintenance contract services, Chaparral Systems Corporation offers additional data processing , migration, integration, data analyses, database administration and when needed, additional software customization services for clients.
Simply implementing the TRADAS system operation offers TRADAS users several benefits. The primary benefit is cost-effectiveness due to the centralized operations, data loading, archiving, and reporting features that the system provides. Since Chaparral Systems Corporation staff have over 20 years of experience, operational costs of the TRADAS system are typically lower. Another benefit of hiring Chaparral Systems staff is that their traffic domain knowledge is directly related to the improved quality of the overall traffic database and the TRADAS system quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) validation procedures can quickly identify questionable data.
A TRADAS user can then alert an agency's field personnel about potential data problems on a much more frequent basis once TRADAS is installed. The TRADAS system offers agencies a quality, economical way to analyze traffic data. In addition, through the local TRADAS Public Database features, a TRADAS user has easy and immediate access to the agencies data for other organizational uses. Chaparral services are another way Chaparral meets internal goals of making high-quality traffic data available for public and private sector organizations. Highlighted below are examples of standard maintenance contract services provided by Chaparral Systems Corporation staff that include daily, monthly, and annual activities.
Chaparral Systems Corporation staff provide systems operation monitoring of traffic data loading, processing, and reporting using the TRADAS system on a daily or hourly basis as needed. Staff can work with TRADAS users to diagnose problems in the data file being loaded or with technology systems being utilized within an agency. Highlighted below is a list of tasks that are supported by Chaparral Systems staff:
- Submitting traffic files for processing
- Analyze operator messages and, as necessary, obtaining input from TRADAS users to resolve messages
- Provide feedback and diagnose field collection device performance by working with to field personnel
- Creating and running daily reports
- Creating and accessing agency-specific "Public TRADAS Database Views"
Chaparral Systems Corporation staff provide systems operation monitoring of traffic data loading, processing, and reporting using the TRADAS system for tasks that are required once a month. Staff can work with TRADAS users to diagnose problems in the data file being loaded or with technology systems being utilized within an agency. Highlighted below is a list of tasks that are supported by Chaparral Systems staff that relate to tasks completed once a month by TRADAS users:
- Data processing
- Creating Monthly Reports
- Submitting federal highway administration (FHWA) data (TMAS and LTPP data support)
Chaparral Systems Corporation staff provide systems operation monitoring of traffic data loading, processing, and reporting using the TRADAS system for tasks that are required once a year. Staff can work with TRADAS users to diagnose problems in the data file being loaded or with technology systems being utilized within an agency. Highlighted below is a list of tasks that are supported by Chaparral Systems staff that relate to tasks completed once a year by TRADAS users:
- Data processing
- Creating Annual Reports
- Submitting annual federal highway administration (FHWA) data (TMAS and LTPP data support)
- Creating annual statistics (including factor creation and AADT estimates)
- Creating Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) statistics and data file exports