TES Software Overview Modules: - Infrastructure - Collisions - Traffic Studies - Safety - Sign Inventory - GIS

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1 TES Software Overview Modules: - Infrastructure - Collisions - Traffic Studies - Safety - Sign Inventory - GIS Ph: Street Edmonton, AB T6P 0C9

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3 INTRODUCTION Traffic Engineering Software (TES) is a software developed by users for users. It is the result of decades of experience combined with research into the newest technologies in order to provide a tool that will satisfy all standards and requirements for any organization dealing with traffic engineering data. The traffic engineering data is critical to the development of policies and programs that enhance the operation and safety of your road network. Reliable data is essential to guide any changes to your municipality s road network in a manner that ensures efficient road travel, and is particularly crucial for the initiatives focused on improving road safety. Traffic Engineering Software (TES) maintains high quality information and will help achieve optimum road safety. TES comes complete with ready-to-use forms, reports, diagrams, maps and functions to collect, analyze and distribute traffic engineering data. All traffic engineering data is in one corporate database that is easily accessible and can be filtered and displayed automatically on a GIS map of your municipality. TES is the only software that provides all these necessary functions. This saves you and your team time, and provides much greater simplicity to every user since any needed data for a task or project in now available instantly from one software. TES open data can also be integrated with any Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering Solutions. TES contains the Road Network Module, the Collision Management Module, the Traffic Studies Module, the Road Network Module, the Sign Inventory Module, Signal Inventory Module, Road Maintenance Module, and GIS Module. Each module can work as a stand-alone application or they can work together as one integrated system with one corporate ODBC compliant database including SQL, and Oracle. All TES Information Technology products are comprehensively backed with technical support and training services to get the Traffic Engineering Software (TES) up and running quickly and easily.

4 COLLISION MODULE This module allows for the easy input, review, and modification of individual collision information. Collision codes are validated when inputted into the system and the exact collision locations can be captured with map co-ordinates. Any additional information such as a scanned collision report, pictures, diagrams etc. can be stored together with each collision record and viewed with the click of a button. Once collision records are inputted or imported, users can specify any collision criteria that they wish to see, and display those collisions along with their exact location right on a GIS map.

5 The advanced search functionality within TES lets users find any collision, or collision statistics they need in seconds. Any collision information for a particular location can be displayed by simply selecting that location on the GIS map. Collision diagrams can be automatically generated for a location in seconds, and you have the ability to specify the collision conditions that must be met before a collision is drawn on the diagram. Collision diagrams can also be heavily modified by the user, allowing the user to easily adjust the appearance of the diagram by for example: Adding satellite imagery of the location right within the collision diagram Adding highlights and notes to the diagram allowing the user to easily point-out areas of interest and explain the analysis Export to common formats like PDF or Excel and easily distribute the diagram to the stakeholder Customize collision impact types

6 Significant time savings can also be achieved by letting TES automatically calculate the collision rates for the entire roadwork. Once complete, users can instantly see the top locations with the highest collision rates and investigate them immediately. The reporting functionality is also nearly endless. TES report builder tool lets users run a handful of canned reports and create any custom reports they want. Users can create a report, and share that template with the rest of the team. The team can then run the report as-is, or modify it further to tailor it to their needs. Everything from the formatting to the type and structure of the data displayed can be modified by the user.

7 The annual statistics can be created on the fly. The user just selects the years to view and selects the collision attributes and a summary table with a graphical representation is created dynamically.

8 TRAFFIC STUDIES MODULE This essential module transfers traffic counts, speed, and vehicle classification data from any automatic (ATR) and manual intersection traffic counters (TMC) and stores it in a corporate database whether it is an Oracle or SQL Server. From the data that is stored a number of valuable map, reports and graphs can be generated. Each report or graph can be exported to other applications or sent directly through in PDF or Excel format. As soon as traffic count data is stored in the TES database there is no need to keep the data files. From now on all traffic count data is in digital format and it can be analyzed, exported or linked/integrated with other transportation solutions. A) DATA TRANSFER TES provides a built in transfer data function from every automatic traffic recorder on the market and from manual traffic counters. The data from a file is always being validated before it is stored in the database.

9 B) TRAFFIC SIGNAL WARRANTS TES can automatically calculate Traffic Signal Warrants based on the OTM Book 12 version from July 2001, and the version from November Criteria within the calculation can be changed based on the user or location requirements. Therefore, users can run what-if analysis to examine in more detail under what conditions a location would become warranted. The Collision Module is integrated with the Traffic Count Module. Therefore, an accident experience warrant is calculated automatically based on the number of preventable collisions.

10 The results of signal warrants for each counted intersection are displayed and ready for a quick review. As like with any traffic data in TES the results (ie. Warranted un-signalized intersections) can be displayed on a map (see GIS Module). C) AADT (Average Annual Daily Traffic) TES automatically estimates AADT for each count using DOW (Day of Week), MOY (Month of Year) and 24 hours factors. Also, TES has built in the AADT prediction functions by location and by network. The predication by location generates the AADT for missing years based on existing data. The predication by network generates missing AADT for each location along corridors based on the existing data and road network setup.

11 As like with any traffic data in TES, the AADT volume can be displayed on a map (see GIS Module). D) REPORTING TES report builder tool lets users run a handful of canned reports and create any custom reports they want. Users can create a report, and share that template with the rest of the team. The team can then run the report as-is, or modify it further to tailor it to their needs. Everything from the formatting to the type and structure of the data displayed can be modified by the user. Also, all data can be exported into other formats (Excel, html, txt, pdf, rtf) with just one click.

12 SAFETY MODULE TES Safety Module provides state-of-the-art safety analysis based on the Highway Safety Manual which can quickly determine the most high risk intersections and road segments within the entire road network. TES uses statistical modeling (SPF Safety Performance Functions) to determine relationships between traffic volume, collisions, and road geometry for different types of locations within the municipality s road network. Using this information, TES can evaluate all sites quickly and accurately to determine their Potential for Safety Improvements (PSI) and Over-representation.

13 SIGN MODULE TES Sign Inventory Module allows users to easily manage sign and support inventory data with their maintenance log. The sign library based on the Canadian, USA or European OTM, MUTCD standards together with a municipality s own custom designed signs can be easily used in TES. The sign data collected in the field is flawlessly imported into database. The type of sign, condition, retro-reflectivity, maintenance, and cost can be easily filtered, reported and exported to many formats (ie. PDF, Excel, RTF, etc.). As like with any traffic data in TES the signs can be displayed on a map together with a label representing a selected sign attribute (see GIS Module).

14 ROAD NETWORK MODULE The Road Network Module provides an intersections and midblocks model for managing traffic engineering data. All traffic engineering data is tied to the Municipal Road Network. Each location s attributes and traffic engineering data associated with the selected location can be easily filtered, reported and displayed on a map (see GIS Module). TES' open database concept allows the integration of TES data with other infrastructure solutions or GIS systems.

15 GIS MODULE TES incorporates ESRI's ArcEngine (an industry standard GIS format) to produce traffic engineering maps within the TES application. With the custom built function the user can easily locate intersection or midblocks on a map and preview any traffic engineering data for the selected locations. Also, the user is able to filter any traffic engineering data stored in TES and display it on a map whether it is collisions, volume, speed, warrants, sign, signals or any other data. Each user can add additional layers including the aerial photo and change each layer attribute. Maps with displayed data can be printed directly from TES or exported into PDF file format. Ph: Street Edmonton, AB T6P 0C9 [email protected] Web:Trafco.ca