MICROCOMPUTERS EASE JAMS IN TUCSON'S DOT

Microcomputers are revolutionizing the administrative and operating process of the Tucson, Arizona, Department of Transportation. The microcomputer's ability to record, organize and compute, offers the department a tremendous amount of time savings, production enhancement and more flexibility than ever before. In fiscal 1983-84, Tucson had an annual adopted capital budget of approximately $87 million; this encompassed 11 departments of which Transportation was the second largest. The Transportation Department includes five divisions: engineering, real estate, traffic engineering, architects andd public transportation. The city's Transportation planning and programming (P & P) unit is responsible for coordinating and monitoring the various divisions' daily activities as related to the capital program, in addition to planning and programming the five-year transportation capital program. At this time, the P & P unit is using both the city's mainframe and microcomputer to accomplish most of its tasks. With the assitance of the micro, the capital program has been simplified and accelerated. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  GCN Communications Corporation

  1G20 Elton Road
  Silver Spring, MD  United States  20903
• Authors:
  • Chan, P N
• Publication Date: 1985-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 64-66
• Serial:
  • GOVERNMENT COMPUTER NEWS
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: GCN Communications Corporation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic efficiency; Local government; Microcomputers; Transportation operations; Utilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
• Old TRIS Terms: Transportation administration
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Research; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00395427
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1986 12:00AM