MICROCOMPUTERS IN TRANSPORTATION: SELECTING A SINGLE-USER SYSTEM. VOLUME 2. SECOND EDITION

The Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation provide training and technical assistance in the new and rapidly changing area of transportation application of microcomputers. These two agenices maintain up-to-date microcomputer references for transit and paratransit operators, transportation planners, and traffic engineers. This document is one of selected readings covering technical aspects of microcomputer equipment, software, data communications and other topics. Each volume of selected readings will focus on a single aspect. Volume 2 recommends a general selection procedure and describes hardware and software in detail.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB83-169904.
• Corporate Authors:

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  Methods Division, 400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142
• Authors:
  • Albright, R
• Publication Date: 1983-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 145 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit; Computer programs; Information processing; Information storage and retrieval systems; Microcomputers; Paratransit services; Software; Systems engineering; Traffic engineering; Transportation planning
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus services
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00384902
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-URT-41-83-12 Tech Rpt.
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 30 1984 12:00AM