IoT-Enabled Intelligent Public Transportation system
Abstract
The number of vehicles is increasing exponentially on the road, hence, resulting in a greater impact on society in numerous ways, including noise pollution, air pollution, etc. and finally causing global warming. More specifically the frequent traffic congestion is impacting the global environment directly a hazard. In a study, it is found that the number of vehicles is doubled in the past 10 years. This is because a majority of people are opting to travel via personal vehicles rather than going for public transport. Due to mismanagement and ambiguity in estimating bus-arrival time and related factors, an area of improvement has emerged. In this paper, an “improved version of IoT-enabled smart public transportation system” is proposed. The paper provides an alternative solution to the issues related to the mismanagement of the public transportation system. Since various previous solutions are provided by various authors, but they lack in providing a reliable solution for the public transportation system. Few solutions work on Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation, Radio Frequency Identification (RFIDs) and are dependent upon the android-based architecture for an individual.
The scenario proposed in our paper is independent of the android-based architecture. In our paper, an alternative is proposed that helps an individual deal in situations where Internet connectivity is generally low. Our paper is focused upon factors, namely, providing bus station updates to the passengers at bus stations without using location-based applications, facilitating no ambiguity scenario, etc. The proposed scenario works with an IoT-enabled microcontroller, along with a barcode reader to deal with public transportation management in a more sophisticated manner. With the help of more refine modules, an analysis is to be done related to the particular bus station at one region, and then, this information is floated to further regions in a particular manner. Based on the measurements received via sensors, an appropriate signal is to be displayed onto the panels, which will be mounted roadside at each bus station.
