Development of Flood Peak Regression Equatins for Small Watersheds in Southwest Florida
Hydrologic investigations were performed on the Belle Meade-Royal Palm Hammock area in Collier County, Florida. The study area, encompassing approximately 79 square miles (205 km**2),...
Strength of Soils in Terms of Effective Stress
The factors that determine soil strength, such as amount of confinement, density, particle size distribution, mineral friction, aging, particle crushing, and others, produce their effects...
Limits on Dynamic Measurements and Instrumentation
The implementation of the FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) into portable instrumentation has contributed to advances not only in signal analysis but also to new and improved transducers for...
Upgrading to Super-Micros
The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) is a regional planning agency and Metropolitan Planning Organization in central Oklahoma, responsible for maintaining a large data...
Microcomputer Needs of Small and Mid-Sized Ontario Transit Properties
This paper describes some current initiatives in Ontario, Canada by a central funding agency to support and encourage the use of microcomputers in small and mid-sized transit properties....
Use of Microcomputers in Transportation: Potential, Limitations and Future Trends
An overview is given of the existing programs for microcomputer applications in transportation with emphasis in software for traffic analysis and management. The impacts of the increased...
Management of Microcomputers in PennDOT A Perspective on Managing Training
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is in the midst of a 63 million dollar 'Plan to Achieve Leading Edge Status in Electronic Data Processing. ' This...
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...
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...
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...
Multi-Agency Transit Financial Planning System
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (the regional transportation planning agency for the San Francisco Bay Area) had early success in applying microcomputers to certain transit...
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...
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,...
Signal Software Engineering Tool or Black Box
This paper is intended to point out some of the many possible pitfalls ready to catch the unsuspecting traffic engineer who utilizes the microcomputer. The tremendous benefits of microcomputer...
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