Smart public transport system with route optimization
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Date
2018-07
Authors
Tan, Jing Hung
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Abstract
Nowadays, transportation is a necessity for urban area citizen. The most common
travelling means for them are public transports such as bus. In public bus transportation
system, there is a flaw of lack of real time information to the passengers. Buses are often
delayed in urban area due to the traffic condition during peak hour. The delay and long
waiting period are inefficient and time wasting for the travelers. The experience of the
travelers can be improved if real time information of the bus system such as current
location, estimate time arrival to the designated station and traffic condition are provided
with easier access for the passengers. With the provided information, travelers will be
able to find alternate choices for buses depending of the circumstances. A smart
transportation system has been proposed where travelers able to obtain real time
information of the buses with mobile phone application. In this present scenario, a Global
Positioning System (GPS) based system is designed to identify the location of the bus and
send it to a database store at Firebase Realtime Database via wireless network. The
Google Maps API is used to get the optimized route and display on the map in the
Smartphone application. Thus, users will be able to continuously monitor a moving
vehicle on demand using the Smartphone application and determine the estimated
distance and time for the vehicle to arrive at a given destination.