AN APPROACH FOR MICROCOMPUTER NEEDS ANALYSIS: GREATER PORTLAND TRANSIT DISTRICT

Portland Metro, public transit agency for Portland, Me., has 43 vehicles and 73 employees. Transit properties of this size are now acquiring computers for various purposes. Recognizing this trend, UMTA awarded Metro a Section 6 grant to acquire a small computer and package software. Several new applications were first developed for Metro's existing PDP-8 computer already used for accounting and word processing. Metro then acquired an Apple II Plus with software for the following applications: Cross tabulation of operator run numbers and times for payroll preparation; labor distribution to interface between payroll and general ledger; route/revenue analysis; route mileage calculations; budget projections. This report hs the follwoing chapters: Introduction; each application area for which use of a computer was considered; presentation of a general hardware configuration recommended for Metro; development of a computer system at Metro. Two important elements in discussion of the plan are general recommendations for package software and suggested phase of implementation.

  • Corporate Authors:

    Multiplications, Incorporated

    1050 Massachusetts Avenue
    Cambridge, MA  United States  02138

    Urban Mass Transportation Administration

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

    American Public Transit Association

    1225 Connecticut Avenue, NW
    Washington, DC  United States  20036

    North Carolina Department of Transportation

    Division of Highways, P.O. Box 25201
    Raleigh, NC  United States  27611
  • Authors:
    • Ostroff, H
  • Publication Date: 1984-3

Media Info

  • Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
  • Pagination: 42 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00389407
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-I-84-37
  • Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
  • Created Date: Oct 30 2003 12:00AM