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Title: PROCEEDINGS OF THE WORKSHOP ON MICROCOMPUTERS IN TRANSIT: ISSUES AND DIRECTIONS, AIRLIE HOUSE, VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 4-6, 1984. SMALL TRANSIT SYSTEMS: BENEFITS ADD IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES
Accession Number: 00399754
Record Type: Component
Digital Copy: Abstract: While proper application of automated systems can contribute to solution of some of the management problems of the transit industry, there is fully as much need for them on a small operation as on a large system. Managers recognizing this problem and turning to the microcomputer as a potential solution often have encountered resistance at the local level. Some managers have been successful in applications such as budget development and monitoring, vehicle-history record keeping, financial accounting and payroll, parts inventory, revenue and ridership accounting, vehicle maintenance management and word processing. Transit personnel are discovering that many smaller manual tasks may easily be converted to microcomputers. These can include elderly/handicapped and school pass accounting, accident data recording and analysis, personnel records, training records, cash flow management and various other functions. Benefits for the transit properties involved in using microcomputers have not been very well documented. There is, however, an appreciation that the availability of more data and its analysis more than offsets any increased costs incurred.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 00399749
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW Authors: Beckwith, JPagination: p. 36-39
Publication Date: 1985-7
TRT Terms: Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Public Transportation; Society
Files: TRIS, TRB, USDOT
Created Date: Oct 31 1985 12:00AM
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