IMPROVED HIGHWAY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT THROUGH USE OF INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Managing the highway portion of a transportation program has become increasingly difficult for many state transportation organizations. In spite of this, however, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has succeeded in delivering improved service to the state's citizens. A key element employed by management in revitalizing Pennsylvania's highway program has been the development and integrated use of several information systems that are responsive to the extremely fast pace that characterizes highway program management. Five highway-related information systems are discussed. These systems are making contributions in the project selection and approval, preconstruction, and construction phases. They also provide data used in preparing the Department's cash flow estimate. Each system fulfills a primary management need, but all five have the capability of communicating with each other. In addition to the benefits of minimizing redundant data and improving data reliability, this integrated approach also facilitates the summarizing of data as they are moved from one system to another. This summarizing capability permits personnel throughout the Department to work with data at the level of detail required for their own tasks. While additional development work still remains, the results of employing an integrated systems approach are clear even at this point: The Department's management can make informed decisions on scheduling the efficient use of dwindling resources at a time when this sort of control is essential to providing a vastly improved transportation program. (Authors)

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• Authors:
  • Kutz, Scott A
  • Zeiss, Warren W
• Conference:
  • 61st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1982-1-18 to 1982-1-22
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 1-6
• Monograph Title: TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMMING PROCESS
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 867
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cash flow; Construction scheduling; Highways; Integrated systems; Management information systems; Programming (Planning); Project management; Road construction
• Uncontrolled Terms: Preconstruction; Projects; Selecting; Systems integration
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway programming
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00369767
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-035 214
• Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 28 1983 12:00AM