ATSIP Traffic Records Forum 2015Data Sharing and Integration

Better Data, Safer Roads

The ELVIS and TraCS Florida projects are made possible by grant funding provided by the Florida Department of Transportation in partnership with

the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering.

Data Sharing and Integration Overview

• Florida State University Team Members• TraCS / ELVIS Program Timeline• What is TraCS? What is ELVIS?• How do they work together?• Why??• Florida Traffic Records Flow Chart• Usage Statistics

Florida State University Team Members

ELVIS Team

• Zoë Williams• Program Manager

• Donald Faulkner • Lead Developer /

Support

TraCS Florida Team

• Amy Cochran• Program Manager

• Timothy Swiggett• Lead Developer

• Seth Bartee• Lead Support

Joint Team Members

• Lisa Spainhour, Ph.D. – Principal Investigator

• Doris Stanley – Program Coordinator

• Geoff Woodby – Network Engineer, Panama City Police Department

TraCS/ELVIS Program Timeline• FY 2003 – TraCS Florida project started at Florida State

University• FY 2008 – Amy Cochran joins the TraCS Project• FY 2009 – Zoe Williams joins the TraCS Project• FY 2009 – First electronic crashes submitted to DHSMV (DMV)• FY 2014 – ELVIS project started at Florida State University• FY 2015 – ELVIS funded for its second year

In Florida, TraCS has been in use for about 12 years. ELVIS has just completed its first fiscal year.

What is TraCS?• Traffic and Criminal Software• Report writing software

development kit (SDK) developed by Technology Enterprise Group, Inc.• Allows law enforcement to quickly

create citations, crash reports, etc.

• Provides entry validation to improve accuracy of data collection and tools to allow import from outside data sources (GIS, CAD, etc.)• Customizable to meet your state’s data collection requirements• Includes RMS features such as ad hoc queries and master name index• Allows data import and export in XML, PDF, JPG, etc.

What is ELVIS?• Electronic License and Vehicle

Information System• Improves officer safety by

returning information about “hot files” and reducing time on scene hand keying data on forms

• Primarily a tool for querying driver license and vehicle registration data through FCIC/NCIC (FDLE) and making that information accessible to other applications, such as report writing software (Crash Form, Citation, etc.)• Additionally provides driver pictures, criminal history, driver history, etc.• Designed with ease of use as first priority and mobile device ready

ELVIS Raw vs. Formatted Data

How do they work together?

Why??

TraCS Florida• Collects data

electronically from the officer• Performs field and cross-

field validation to improve data• Provides a process-flow

for approving and rejecting forms• Submits forms to the

state

ELVIS• Improves accuracy by

importing data from DMV• Improves officer safety• Parses and formats data

from every state or ease of use• Accessible from

anywhere on the web (desktop, mobile)

Florida Traffic Records Flow Chart

TraCS Usage Statistics FY 14-15• TraCS is currently in use in 13 states as well as Manatoba,

Canada.

• TraCS Florida has 14,000 users across 165 agencies• TraCS submits 1/3 of Florida’s crashes every year (over 100,000)

• Crashes submitted by TraCS have a 99.9% load rate into the state repository

• Alaska• Arizona• Florida• Illinois• Iowa• Nebraska• New Mexico

• New York• North Carolina• North Dakota• Pennsylvania• South Dakota• Wisconsin

ELVIS Usage Statistics FY 14-15• 33 agencies live• Smallest agency has 2 users, Chiefland Police Department• Largest agency has 181 users, Fort Myers Police Department

• 35 additional agencies pending approval for access• 1,048 active users• 240,357 queries performed during the year

• Driver License• Criminal History• Boat Registration• Concealed Weapon Permit• Canadian Driver License

• Vehicle Registration• Wanted Person/Vehicle• Stolen Boat• Hazardous Materials• Canadian Vehicle Registration

How to Contact UsTraCS National

Josh HaltermanTraCS Program ManagerIowa DOT(515) 237-3042Josh.Halterman@dot.iowa.gov

http://www.nationalmodel.us

ELVISZoë WilliamsELVIS Program ManagerFlorida State University(850) 410-6498zwilliams@elvisflorida.org

http://www.elvisflorida.org

Thank you for your time!

Better Data, Safer Roads

The ELVIS and TraCS Florida projects are made possible by grant funding provided by the Florida Department of Transportation in partnership with

the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering.