A COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM OF TRAFFIC SIGN MAINTENANCE CONTROL AND INVENTORY

ANNE ARUNDEL IS A SUBURBAN MARYLAND COUNTY IN WHICH A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION WAS ESTABLISHED ONLY IN 1965. ONE OF ITS FIRST TASKS WAS TO ESTABLISH A RECORDS SYSTEM FOR INVENTORYING THE COUNTY'S TRAFFIC SIGNS. WITHIN FOUR YEARS TWO MANUAL SYSTEMS HAD PROVED INCAPABLE OF KEEPING UP WITH INSTALLATIONS AND REPLACEMENTS, OFTEN WITH SEVERE ACCIDENT CONSEQUENCES. AS A RESULT, THE DIVISION CONDUCTED A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY LEADING TO DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF A COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM OF TRAFFIC SIGN MAINTENANCE AND INVENTORY CONTROL. SYSTEM DESIGN, INPUT AND OUTPUT FORMATS, PERSONNEL TRAINING, TYPES OF INFORMATION RECORDED, STRUCTURE OF THE FIVE COMPUTER PROGRAMS, AND GEOGRAPHIC SECTIONING OF THE COUNTY ARE DESCRIBED.

• Authors:
  • Streib, R E
  • Dickins, J H
• Publication Date: 1973-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 38-43
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering, Inst Traffic Engr
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Equipment maintenance; Information processing; Inventory; Records management; Traffic signs
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic sign maintenance
• Subject Areas: Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226637
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1973 12:00AM