TRASER GROWING IN POPULARITY AMONG TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, LAW AGENCIES

TRASER is a microcomputer traffic accident database management system developed by the Texas Transportation Institute. The software is used to collect and manage 'real time' crash data and improve traffic safety on a local level without the long waits for raw data to be encoded by a central state agency or data processing group and returned as written reports. TRASER can provide immediate access to a city's or county's crash, citation, and traffic-related arrest data without the need for programing skills or a high level of computer literacy. The project was started by the Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation to better utilize its Federal Highway Safety 402 Funds on the local level. TRASER can be used to identify hazardous locations and accident trends as they develop, manage special activities such as DUI (driving under the influence) arrests, improve manpower allocation, manage and track citations and evaluate traffic engineering needs.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1587330
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011
• Publication Date: 1991

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 3
• Serial:
  • Texas Transportation Researcher
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Texas Transportation Institute
  • ISSN: 0040-4748

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash records; Databases; Drunk driving; High risk locations; Law enforcement; Microcomputers; Police; Software; Traffic arrests; Traffic crashes; Traffic engineering
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Security and Emergencies; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00607927
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1991 12:00AM