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Advanced Transport Management System

Maheshwari Kale, Sayali Bhadale, S.V. Lohar

Dept of E&TC Engineering,
AISSMS IOIT Pune Maharashtra

Abstract: Many people go to their workplace by bus, train (public transportation), etc. While travelling from public transportation the problem of
heavy traffic or waiting time for the bus for a longer time may occur. Even though the buss arrival and departure time are schedule, but we cant
assure that the bus will always come on time. Hence to overcome the problem of time loss because of waiting at the bus stops, we implemented
the smart tracking system. In this project, any passenger who is having Android app can have access to the bus. The passenger can register and sign
up to receive information about desired bus arrival times for the interested buses and related routes via SMS/map. Even passenger can book the
ticket as well as seat through Android app.

Keyword: Arduino mega, Mobile App, GSM, GPS.

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I. INTRODUCTION If we look in terms of delivering service information, our

study is included in the last way. Real-time vehicle tracking
Public transportation has become a very important aspect and management system has been the focus of many
now a days. Most of the people use public transport to go to researchers, and several studies have been done in this area.
their school, colleges, clinic, offices, etc. [1]Public transport Verma and Bhatia [5] stated in their study that GPS could be
is very economical way of travelling. Public transportation is used in many applications and it is possible to follow routes
cheaper than travelling through private car. But as population and locations driven a vehicle by means of GPS. They
is increasing day by day, the problem of travelling from develop a web based system presenting vehicles locations to
public transportation has become a sever problem. The the user.
problems of travelling is not only the population but also the
crowd, huge traffic and hence delay in arrival time of buses, Gong et al. [6] improved approach to predict the public bus
trains, etc. So passengers have to waste their time while arrival time based on historical and real-time GPS data. After
waiting for the bus on the bus stops because they dont know analyzing the components of bus arrival time systematically,
the exact arrival time of the bus. Even though there is fix the bus arrival time and dwell time at previous stops are
schedule of bus arrival times, buses may get late due to heavy chosen as the main input variables of the prediction model.
traffic. They concluded that their model outperforms the historical
data based model in terms of prediction accuracy.
So to avoid the waiting time for the bus, there is a solution
that real time tracking of bus. [2]So a systematic tracking Guo et al. [7] integrated the Victoria Regional Transit System
system is required to find out the current location of a bus and with appropriate communication technologies to develop a
the dynamic arrival time. For best tracking result, GPS and corresponding Smartphone application. In this smart bus
GSM technology can be used. The GPS and GSM based system, users can access real-time passenger information
system can provide all specifications that are necessary for such as schedules, trip planners, bus capacity estimates, bike
tracking a vehicle. The waiting time of the user can be rack availability and bus stop locations, via Smartphone, on
reduced.[3]Furthermore, public transportation has good computers and at bus stops.
accessibility in big cities, making it easier to travel to
anywhereof the city, making buses a favorable option to opt El-Medany et al. [8] supposed cost effective real time
for. It provides personal mobility and freedom for people tracking system that provides accurate localizations of the
from every walk of life. tracked vehicle by using GPS and GPRS modules. By means
of GPS receiver, proposed system has ability of tracking
Most major transport systems now present route and schedule current position of the vehicle in any specific time. They
information through Google Transit, and small transit tested efficiency of the system in different areas on Kingdom
systems are also moving in this direction. Many transport of Bahrain using Google maps. There are relevant works not
systems are also now making their Google Transit available only highway transit systems, but also other tracking systems
for use in the development of third party smart phone for ships, flights trains, and etc.
applications [4].
The National Rail Enquiries train timetable site [9] shows all
trains currently on approach to a particular station. Trains and
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stations are shown in different colours. Trains move in system. This application can be easily extended for central
approximately real time, or rather quicker if user checks the tracking system to keep track of all the public vehicles. The
speed-up box. different queries and efficient route management can be
easily done through central server system.
In this project, we proposed a location-aware smart bus stop
system that any passenger with a smart phone or mobile
device can catch bus at bus stops to view bus arrival times, V. BLOCK DIAGRAM
and buses current locations on the app. GPS is used for
displaying current locations of buses on the maps, together
with the related route information.

II. PROBLEM STATEMENT

To implement wireless technology for buses & users, also to

have proper and systematic seating arrangement.

III. WORKING PRINCIPLE OF GSM

GSM module is used to establish communication between a

computer and a GSM-system. Global System for Mobile
communication (GSM) is an architecture used for mobile
communication in most of the countries. Global Packet Radio
Service (GPRS) is an extension of GSM that enables higher
data transmission rate. GSM module consists of a GSM
modem assembled together with power supply circuit and
communication interfaces (like RS-232, USB, etc) for
computer. GSM MODEM is a class of wireless MODEM
devices that are designed for communication of a computer
with the GSM and GPRS network. It requires a SIM
(Subscriber Identity Module) card just like mobile phones to
activate communication with the network. Also they
have IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) VI. METHODOLOGY
number similar to mobile phones for their identification. A
GSM/GPRS MODEM can perform the following The block diagram of the Advanced Transport Management
operations: System is shown in the above figure. The bus unit contains
Arduino microcontroller, GPS, GSM and LCD. By using
1. Receive, send or delete SMS messages in a SIM. these components, requesting user gets the current location of
2. Read, add, search phonebook entries of the SIM. bus. By using GPS Module microcontroller receives the
3. Make, Receive, or reject a voice call. longitude and latitude of bus unit. Then by using GSM
The MODEM needs AT commands, for interacting with Module Arduino sends the current location of the bus to user.
processor or controller, which are communicated through Also bus location will be shown on the LCD Display. User
serial communication. These commands are sent by the with the designed android application register and login to the
controller/processor. The MODEM sends back a result after application. Request the server for particular bus by entering
it receives a command. Different AT commands supported by the source and destination. According to that source and
the MODEM can be sent by the destination user will get current location of that particular bus
processor/controller/computer to interact with the GSM and on GPS map. Also this information will be saved in SQL
GPRS cellular network. database.

IV. WORKING PRINCIPLE OF GPS Now as user get the current location of bus it checks the user
wallet, where user have saved the money in account that is
The users can get flexibility of planning travel using the app, user wallet. Then if user having balance it will book ticket
to decide on which bus to take or when to catch the bus. The otherwise user have to refill the wallet then book ticket. At
waiting time of the user can be reduced. Simple mode of the time of ticket booking user will have one more facility
communication is the key feature of the Bus Tracking that is to select the seat number where user is interested to
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seat. Then as user latitude and longitude matches with the :http://www.apta.com/mediacenter/ptbenefits/Pages/defa
buss latitude and longitude then only the booked seat get ult.aspx
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Transportation, Enhance Public Information on Existing
VII. RESULTS: RTA Information and Potential Improvements,
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System with Google Map based Monitoring,
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and Applications (IJCSEA), vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 33-40, 2013.
[6] J. Gong, M. Liu, S. Zhang, Hybrid dynamic prediction
model of bus arrival time based on weighted of historical
and real 2013 25th Chinese Control and Decision
Conference (CCDC), pp. 972 976, 2013.
[7] X. Guo, E. Huang, B. Hung, L. Juras, Design a Smart Bus
System, Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Uni
2012.
[8] W. El-Medany, A. Al-Omary, R. Al -Hakim, S.
Al-Irhayim, M.Nusaif, A Cost Effective Real-Time
Tracking System Prototype Using Integrated
GPS/GPRS Module, Sixth International Conference on
Wireless and Mobile Communication Valencia, 2010.
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