TRAMS - TRANSPORTATION-RELATED AIR-MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Transportation and air-quality issues are complex, coupled with the dy namic evolution of regulations, trends, and implications. The need for planners and decision makers to access current and expert information on air-quality trends, transportation planning, and applicable legisl ation to assist them in transportation-related air-quality management encouraged the development of the Transportation-Related Air-Managemen t System (TRAMS). This hypertext, hypermedia system enables planners a nd decision makers to dynamically retrieve current information at thei r desktops. Transportation and air-quality information on a wide varie ty of related topics is organized into a branching hierarchy and prese nted in a consistently structured hypertext environment, allowing user s to direct their own path through the resources integrated in the sys tem design including graphics, glossary terms, crossreferences, origin al text materials, and expert contact information.