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                Exploration of the Application of Collective Information to Transportation Data for Safety White Paper
mire_mis_whitepaper22013.pdf (1.57 MB)


FOREWORD

The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) is a data driven program that relies on crash, roadway, and traffic data for States to conduct effective analyses for problem identification and evaluation. The FHWA developed the Model Inventory of Roadway Elements (MIRE) to provide a recommended listing and data dictionary of roadway and traffic data elements critical to supporting highway safety management programs. MIRE is intended to help support the States’ HSIPs and other safety programs.

The MIRE Management Information System (MIRE MIS) was a project to explore better means of collection MIRE data elements, using and integrating MIRE data, and identifying optimal data file structures. The resulting products include a report documenting the MIRE MIS Lead Agency Program, a MIRE Guidebook on the collection of MIRE, a suggested MIRE data file structure report, and a report on Performance Measures to Assess Quality that will assist the States in conducting a more effective safety program. The intent of the MIRE MIS project is the integration of MIRE into States’ safety management processes.

The Exploration of the Application of Collective Information to Transportation Data for Safety White Paper is one of the products of the MIRE MIS effort. This White Paper explores the relatively new technique of collective information as a means of gathering data needed for transportation safety. Collective information is a process of assembling or gathering information on a subject through the use of a large, disperse, and potentially uncontrolled group of people. This White Paper also examines current uses of collective information and potential next steps for this process to support the collection of transportation data.

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TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION PAGE

1. Report No.
			FHWA-SA-13-006
			2. Government Accession
			No.
			3. Recipient's Catalog No.4. Title and Subtitle
			Exploration of the Application of Collective Information to Transportation Data for Safety White Paper
			5. Report Date
			January 20136. Performing Organization Code7.Author(s)
			Kim Eccles, Greg Bosworth, and Nancy Lefler
			8. Performing Organization Report No.9. Performing Organization Name and Address
			Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. (VHB) 8300 Boone Blvd., Suite 700 Vienna, VA 22182-2626
			10. Work Unit No.11. Contract or Grant No. DTFH61-05- D-00024 (VHB)12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address
			Federal Highway Administration Office of Safety 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, DC 20590
			13. Type of Report and Period
			Final Report, June 2012 - January 201314. Sponsoring Agency Code
			FHWA15. Supplementary Notes
			The contract managers for this report were Robert Pollack (HSA) and Dr. Carol Tan (HRDS-20).16. Abstract
			The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) developed MIRE, the Model Inventory of Roadway Elements, as a recommended listing of roadway inventory and traffic elements critical to safety management. A critical step toward the acceptance and implementation of MIRE is the conversion of MIRE (which is now a listing of variables) into a management information system (MIS). FHWA undertook the MIRE MIS project to assist States in developing and integrating MIRE into an MIS structure that will provide greater utility in collecting, maintaining, and using MIRE data. This paper was developed as part of the MIRE MIS project to explore the potential mechanisms for MIRE data collection.

			The objective of this White Paper is to explore the application of collective information in transportation data, particularly in the collection and management of MIRE data. Collective information is the process of assembling data or collecting information on a subject using a large, disperse, and potentially uncontrolled group of people. The intent of the paper is to introduce this concept to the transportation community and provide a starting point for discussions on the application and feasibility of using collective information for transportation safety data, particularly for the MIRE elements. This paper also discusses the potential next steps and future applications of this concept.17. Key Words:
			Safety data, MIRE, collective data, roadway data collection
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			No restrictions.19. Security Classif. (of this report) Unclassified
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