Bus Notification System Using Crowdsourcing

Abstract

Most of the daily commuters of RTC face problems to know the exact time of arrival of a bus to a particular stop. The time of arrival of bus depends on many factors like traffic, condition of a bus, climate etc. So it is very tough for a person waiting for a bus without knowing whether it has left or not from a particular stop. So here we are providing a solution for this problem by using latest technologies like an Android Application. The solution is that we want to develop an ANDROID APP[1] which gives the notification of a bus arrival in a particular route for a particular stop. The backbone of our application is using CROWDSOURCING. It is nothing but taking the help of some people to help other people. The passengers who have seen or boarded the bus can report the bus location along with an image of bus with the help of our app. Then this location will be sent as a notification to all other commuters in that particular route. The commuters who have missed the bus from the stops through which the bus has already passed, can go with an alternative option and the other commuters waiting at the stops to which bus has to arrive can wait accordingly. This helps in saving our precious time which many of us wasting it in waiting for a bus. In this way our application helps the daily commuters to know the location of a bus and saves their precious time.