OPERATING PROCEDURES MANUAL FOR AN AUTOMATED SCHEDULING SYSTEM FOR DEMAND-RESPONSIVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION (HADDONFIELD DIAL-A-RIDE). PART I. CONTROLLER FUNCTIONS

The two-volume manual is a user's guide for a computer-controlled, demand-responsive transportation system (Dial-A-Ride). The goal of the manual is to provide the information needed by the Dial-A-Ride Control Center personnel to operate an automatic Dial-A-Ride transit service using a Westinghouse 2500 mini-computer, its associated peripheral devices, and its software. The user of the manual should have a thorough knowledge of the operation of a manually scheduled demand-responsive public transportation system. With the exception of the Introduction (which is needed by all Control personnel), this manual is sectioned functionally. The personnel involved will find within their sections all the information necessary for them to do the tasks connected with their functions. Persons operating in a certain function should be aware of sections of the manual, but they will not need them for their day-to-day guidance. Part I contains the telephonist, dispatcher and supervisory functions. Part II encompasses the computer operator's function and the appendices--scheduling function, computer hardware, and glossary of terms.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper copy also available in set of 2 reports as PB-248 567-SET, PC$12.00.
• Corporate Authors:

  New Jersey Department of Transportation

  1035 Parkway Avenue
  Trenton, NJ  United States  08625

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

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

  Mitre Corporation

  Westgate Research Park
  McLean, VA  United States  22101

  LEX Systems, Incorporated

  ,    

  DAVE Systems, Incorporated

  625 3rd Street
  San Francisco, CA  United States  94107

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Civil Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139
• Publication Date: 1974-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 191 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Centralized traffic control; Computer programming; Demand responsive transportation; Information processing; Manuals; Minicomputers; Paratransit services; Scheduling; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Instructions
• Geographic Terms: New Jersey
• Old TRIS Terms: Centralized control
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00094012
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-NJ-06-0002-74-6
• Contract Numbers: NJ-06-0002
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 10 1981 12:00AM