APPLICATION OF SYSTEMS ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES IN THE MTA'S FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PROGRAM

D F. Grumb

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

1983

Subject Area

operations - coordination, planning - integration, land use - planning, mode - mass transit, mode - subway/metro

Keywords

Transportation services integration, Transportation planning, Transportation industry, Transportation, Transport, Transit operating agencies, Transit lines, Transit, Technology, Systems approach, Systems analysis, System planning, System analysis, Socioeconomic factors, Socioeconomic aspects, Regional transportation, Regional planning, Public transit lines, Public transit, New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City, New York (New York), Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York City), Metropolitan transportation authority, Mass transit lines, Mass transit, Local transit, Intrastate transportation, Integrated transportation systems, Institutional issues, Economic and sociological effects, Coordination, Applications, Analytical method, Analysis

Abstract

Such a centralized agency as the MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) was set up to manage the various parts with a regional perspective and with the hope that efficiencies could be achieved by handling the conglomeration of operating agencies incorporated into the MTA as a system. Systems analysis, a kind of 'intellectual technology,' has been called an explicit procedure for the orderly application of judgment. It is an analytical process which should assist the decision-maker in such a way that his intuition and judgment are better than they would have been without the results of the analysis.

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