ASSESSING SOFTWARE TO MEET THE FINANCIAL PLANNING NEEDS OF TRANSIT OPERATORS (ABRIDGMENT)

An evaluation of commercially available software products to meet the financial planning needs of transit operators is summarized, and the methodology used to establish functional and information processing needs of transit operators and to select potential products is reviewed. Four functional areas (ridership and fare analysis, cash management, tax revenue analysis, and expense estimation) are identified and the potential of two types of commercially available products (electronic spreadsheets and financial modeling languages) to address typical financial planning problems in these areas is described. The strong and weak points of each product type are identified.

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• Authors:
  • Dooley, Thomas
  • Spiller, David
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 9-11
• Monograph Title: Public transportation and transit operations planning
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 936
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cash flow; Computer programs; Expenses; Finance; Programming (Planning); Revenues; Software; Subsidies; Tax receipts; Transit operating agencies
• Old TRIS Terms: Financial programming; Operating expenses
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387629
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309036526
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 28 1984 12:00AM