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Development of a Management Information System for the Brockton Area Transit Authority
The Brockton Area Transit Authority has from its beginning monitored ridership and service in order to evaluate its performance. Prior to 1981 all processing of that information was done...

Evaluation of the Driver/Extraboard Cost Model
This paper presents a general evaluation of the Driver Extraboard Cost Model. The evaluation is based on a series of validation tests performed using data from the Tri-County Metropolitan...

Customizing a Payroll System for New Orelans
When the RTA recently assumed responsibility for the New Orleans area transit system from a private operator, there was no RTA in-house computer capability. While the previous owner agreed...

Operating Considerations for Automated Maintenance
There are a number of potential problem areas which can severely hamper the successful implementation of a Maintenance Management Information System. These problem areas are identified...

Colonial Taxi Inc.'s Experience with Multi-User Microcomputers and a Commercially Available DBMS
PAX-1 is a comprehensive database management system, developed by paratransit and taxi operators/managers, tailored to a particular operation - whether 5 or 500 vehicles are operated....

Using Census Data on Microcomputers
There is a growing demand for microcomputer data base systems that can store and retrieve information from the census. However, there is a shortage of software that can perform these functions....

Graphics-Based Transportation Modelling with DIME/GADS/NEDS
Graphics helps analysts, policy-makers and the public understand the inter-relationships of land use patterns and transportation systems. A suite of graphics-based programs provide a decision-support...

Subarea Transportation Planning on Micros
This paper describes the adaptation of the regionwide travel forecasting models developed for the Orlando Urban Area Transportation Study (OUATS) for application at the subregion and subarea...

Traffic Planning Using Interactive Color Graphics
This paper describes the MULATM microcomputer traffic planning model, as an example of the possible uses for microcomputers in transportation planning. These uses include interactive input/output,...

Pavement Management Data Collection and Analysis
Pavement management systems (PMS) quantify the inventories of maintainable elements under an engineer/manager's jurisdiction including roadways, shoulders, bridges, culverts, guardrails,...

Designing Infrastructure User Charge Strategies
The changing environment of public finance is such that greater use of self-funding and financial independence will be required of public facilities and municipal services. Traditionally,...

Funding Streets as a Public Utility
A group of public works professionals in Washington State met in 1982 to explore using the public utility approach to street and transportation system funding. Since that time several...

Automated People Movers for Urban Revitalization and Development
The paper summarizes the major technologic features of Automated People Movers, (APM) including Personal Rapid Transit versus Group Rapid Transit concepts, active versus passive vehicles,...

Infrastructure: Can We Renew It??Should We Renew It?
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is in the midst of a major capital program designed to reverse its trend of disinvestment. This program is funded at 8. 5 billion...

Making Sense of Politics, Planning and Engineering
Rapidly expanding urban areas generally undergo a great deal of public and political debate regarding whether or not population expansion is good or bad and the effects of such expansion...

Paying for the Costs of Public Service?Methods and Issues
This paper addresses the impacts on urban infrastructure in terms of the facilities and services required and how they are paid for. Particular emphasis is placed on a methodological approach...

Awareness: What the San Diego Section of ASCE is Doing
The need for increased infrastructure maintenance and rehabilitation is now well documented at all levels of government. However, obtaining the funding necessary to remedy known and anticipated...

Legislative Trends Affecting the Funding of Public Works
The paper reviews key factors that will shape legislative consideration of measures to provide infrastructure to support urban growth and to maintain existing public facilities. The discussion...

Infrastructure Decisions: Comments?Questions?Suggestions
The paper discusses some of the decisions that can or should be made when planning and operating infrastructure systems. Six classes of decisions are discussed: local considerations, local...

Policies to Encourage Innovation in Infrastructure
The paper discusses public policies that encourage, promote, and finance infrastructure innovation, terming these essential if excellence and cost-effectiveness are to be realized. Among...

 

 

 

 

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