SMALL TRANSIT DATA MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE (SST3) USER'S MANUAL. FINAL REPORT

This report presents the Small Transit Data Management Software (SST3) User's Manual developed by the Texas Transportation Institute for the Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation as part of a study entitled Computerized Dispatch Aids for Small Public Transportation Providers. SST3 is an enhancement of a GENERIC SMALL TRANSIT DATA MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PROGRAM (TRANSIT) prepared by Bud Giangrande of the U.S. Department of Transportation/Transportation Systems Center. The TRANSIT program is distributed by the TIME SUPPORT CENTER under the name SST. SST (TRANSIT) was written in dBase II and is intended as a demonstration program. Small Transit Data Management Software is the dBase III version of SST developed for Texas. SST3 has a number of enhancements, but is nevertheless modification of the basic SST concept. The principal functions of SST3 are keeping track of clients, vehicles, and reservations for service in a twenty-four hour advanced reservation type of demand responsive service. SST3 also prints driver logs on which trip data can be entered. Trip data must then be entered into SST3 in order to generate a variety of reports on system and vehicle utilization. SST3 is intended as a dispatch aid and management tool for small special services transportation systems. The implementation of SST3 requires dBase III (or dBase III+), an IBM XT or compatible with MS-DOS 2.X or higher, 512K RAM, 10mb hard disk (20mb recommended), an 80 column IBM proprinter dot matrix printer or compatible, and a monochrome monitor. The dBase source code is provided with the program, so it can be customized by individual systems who have access to a dBase III programmer.

• Record URL:
  • https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/hostedpdfs/tti/1092-1F.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transportation

  Transportation Planning Division, P.O. Box 5051
  Austin, TX  United States  78763

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Urbanik, T
• Publication Date: 1987-11

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 71 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Data management; Databases; Information processing; Manuals; Public transit; Software
• Old TRIS Terms: Umta section 8
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00468798
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-TX-08-8012-87-1, Tech Rpt. 1092-1F
• Contract Numbers: Study 2-10-86-1092
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 31 1988 12:00AM