Effective Management of Microcomputer Resources
In recent years the number of microcomputers in the workplace has boomed. This has allowed the user to develop his own applications, but problems with decentralization, data security,...
Seattle Metro?A Transit Property's Experience with Microcomputers
The Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle's (Metro) first involvement with microcomputers started during the third quarter of 1981 when IBM announced their personal computer...
Managing the Move to Microcomputers
A method is offered for making a rational plan for acquisition of hardware and software. Other items are discussed which need to be considered, including maintenance, training, communications,...
Transportation Systems Forecasting Using Microcomputer Models
This paper describes the evaluation of six transportation forecasting programs which operate on microcomputers. The evaluation is undertaken from the perspective of a metropolitan planning...
Applications and Potential of Micro-computer Aided Instruction
The capabilities of computers for intense interaction and cost effective storage of reference material suggest that computer aided instruction (CAI) may have substantial potential for...
Microcomputers in Transportation Education and Training
Microcomputer methods for transportation planning, engineering, and management are changing transportation education in universities and training programs for professionals. This paper...
Improved Management and Training in Public Transit
This paper presents a user-friendly, interactive method that can be used by transit managers to improve service efficiency and productivity. Using this method for evaluating operating...
Managing Federal Aid Using Microcomputers
Wisconsin's federal aid for highway improvement is about 225,000,000 annually. The obligation authority (the ability to spend the federal aid) is limited to an estimated 162,000,000...
Reporting Systems for Rural Transportation Operators
This paper describes the development, testing and implementation of a microcomputer rural transportation reporting system. The project was initiated by the Tennessee Department of Transportation...
Better Management Information
Microcomputers can improve managerial productivity by tailoring data more specifically to management's needs and providing information for decision-making more quickly. The...
The Economic Analysis of Highway Improvements
The design and operation of a microcomputer program to perform an economic analysis on highway improvements is described. The economic analysis methodology used in developing the program...
Transit Personnel Management Using a Microcomputer Issues and Lessons
This paper discusses the design and implementation issues facing developers of microcomputer-based personnel management systems (PMS) at small and medium-sized transit agencies. A case...
Simple Cost Projections for Short Range Transit Plans
San Francisco has found microcomputer spreadsheets a useful tool in preparing simple transit operating cost projections. This paper describes the City's first series of templates...
Status of Microcomputer Support Centers
In 1983 and 1984, the FHWA and UMTA established formal microcomputer User Groups in each of three transportation application areas assisted by a technical Microcomputer Support Center...
The Transit Industry Microcomputer Exchange Support Center
The Transit Industry Microcomputer Exchange Support Center has been in existence for nearly three years. This paper describes the reasons for establishing the center, its current activities,...
Future Support Center Policy
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has a strong tradition of providing technology transfer and technical assistance to State and local agencies in all areas of transportation engineering...
Downloading and Micro-Analysis of Data
The microcomputer is ideal for ad hoc analysis while the mainframe is better for storing data. Downloading data from a mainframe computer to a PC takes advantage of the strengths of both...
Field Data Collection for Traffic Studies
Microcomputer applications have emerged in all areas of traffic data collection, reduction and utilization. They have done much to improve the productivity and credibility of the data...
Electronic Field Data Collection for Public Transit
From daily routine tasks like accounting and maintenance management, to complex forecasting models, microcomputers have joined mainframes and minis as powerful analytical tools. Unfortunately,...
Queueing Applications for Stop Sign Operation
A pair of programs has been developed as a teaching tool to illustrate the application of simple queueing principles to transportation problems as taught in an introductory course in Transportation...
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