Chaparral's TRADAS product is ideal for collecting traffic data from a variety of disparate sources and for presenting these data in a common database format over a network. The TRADAS general models for raw traffic data sources and general traffic data objects permit the system to perform these archival/integration functions.

Chaparral is offering the service of providing a traffic database of data collected from TMC sources, as well as from any other sources that will furnish traffic data for general use. The latter include counts from state or local agencies or commercial traffic data collection operations.

A TRADAS data integration center can also accept other kinds of data, such as crashes or other incidents. Its highly general structure is by no means limited to traffic data.

TRADAS adds significant value to the process of traffic data collection and analysis. A TRADAS installation in a TMC provides:

• Quality control analyses on the data stream
• Summarization and data archival functions
• Both standard and ad hoc reports through common tools such as Microsoft Office
• Transportation database management

Similar added value is provided to other operations and planning entities that provide traffic data to a TRADAS data integration/archival center.

The end product, in addition to reports, is the provision of transportation data on a standard Oracle database across a network. Depending on the client and administrative environment, these data could be resold on one extreme, or made generally available on the World Wide Web on the other.

Pricing of this service is highly flexible, and depends in large part on the purchaser of the service. In general, transaction-based or fixed price arrangements are preferred. Chaparral will also consider installing a TRADAS data integration center in a TMC at no cost, as long as the archived data could be resold to offset our costs.

In summary, a TRADAS data integration center can meet the archival requirements for a TMC, while integrating data from a variety of other sources, to provide the public and private sectors with a valuable, easily accessible, source of high-quality traffic/ transportation data.