DIAL-A-RIDE SOFTWARE INSTALLATION GUIDE

The Demand-Responsive Scheduling Software Package is a set of procedures and computer programs designed to assist researchers, agencies, and transit operators in the operation of demand-responsive transportation systems. This package is being tested and is currently operating on a PDP-10 time-sharing system in Rochester, New York. The package includes program documentation, descriptions of input data file preparation, operators' guides, and program source code. The manual contains preliminary guidelines for installing the on-line portion of the software package at a user site. It outlines such steps as obtaining and organizing resources, constructing data bases, and starting and operating scheduling operations.

• Corporate Authors:

  Mitre Corporation

  Westgate Research Park
  McLean, VA  United States  22101

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Ferrantino, J R
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 68 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Computers; Databases; Demand responsive transportation; Guidelines; Information processing; Installation; Paratransit services; Passenger transportation; Software; Time sharing; Transportation; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: FORTRAN (Computer program language)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation systems
• Geographic Terms: New York (State)
• Old TRIS Terms: Computer systems programs; On line computers
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145588
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MTR-7211, UMTA-VA-06-0024-76-4
• Contract Numbers: DOT-UT-50016
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 16 1981 12:00AM