MICROCOMPUTER ASSISTANCE FOR A RURAL TRANSPORTATION OPERATION: THE TENNESSEE EXPERIENCE

As microcomputers become increasingly popular, rural transportation operators are anxious to know if microcomputers can improve their current bookkeeping and operational analysis techniques. Present methods used by most of these operations are typically manual or performed by a mainframe computer through timesharing or consulting contractual arrangements. A few operations have experimented with minicomputers or microcomputers. Primary objectives of a recently conducted study were to investigate and evaluate commercially available data base management software, adapt the most suitable software to a current operation in middle Tennessee, and develop a systematic and rather self-explanatory package of software and accompanying instructions to simplify management analysis procedures and generation of reports. One of the most significant contributions of this research will be the transferability of study results. The transportation management program described has contributed to the development of a more generic version that can be used by a large number of other rural transportation operations across the country.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Rural Public Transportation.
• Authors:
  • Stammer Jr, Robert E
  • Giangrande, R V
• Conference:
  • 64th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1985-1-14 to 1985-1-17
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: pp 61-64
• Monograph Title: Advances in bus service planning practices
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1011
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Information processing; Management information systems; Microcomputers; Paratransit services; Rural areas
• Identifier Terms: Urban Mass Transportation Act
• Geographic Terms: Tennessee
• Old TRIS Terms: Umta section 18
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00454957
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309038235
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 31 1986 12:00AM