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Bus Tracking and Bus Failure Detection System Using GPS

Prof. Devidas S. Thosar1, Rishikesh K. Zade2, Onkar V. Babrekar3, Priyanka R. Chaudhari4
1Assistant Professor, Computer Department, S.V.I.T. Nashik, Maharashtra, India
234 Student, Computer Department, S.V.I.T. Nashik, Maharashtra, India

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Abstract - this hectic process all passengers don’t have any other
People use public transportation in many countries as a option but to wait. But passengers in the bus have no idea
when the actual help is going to arrive or not. They go into
means of transport for travelling and accordingly
dilemma whether to wait there for help to arrive or to
people would favor this public transportation to be move by private vehicle. This is really time consuming
scheduled on time and the frequency to be increased for process as well as annoying for passengers.
commuters to make good use of it. Sometimes they face In this proposed system we are building an
the difficulties when the bus fails during ongoing android application which will be used by public transport
journey. To get the necessary help from verified sources authorities. By using this application emergency help can
be provided to the failed buses during ongoing journey.
is really difficult and lengthy. Passengers in the bus
Our system uses GPS (Global Positioning System) to track
have no idea when the actual help is going to arrive or the movement of each bus. If any of the buses fails then a
not. So we are going to implement a system in which; in message is sent to all the near-by buses and bus depot
case of a bus failure, the help should be sent as soon as manager. So help will be provided as soon as possible to
possible. This system will drastically reduce the waiting the passengers. Hence time of the passengers is saved and
time of the passengers. Also bus depot manager gets inconvenience is reduced to the minimum.
real time location update of each bus. In case of bus In the daily operation of public transport systems,
mainly that of buses, the movement of vehicles unlike
failure, a message can be sent to each bus of that area
vague conditions as the day advances, such as heavy
for help. Transport Corporation as case study has been traffic, non expected delays, randomness in passenger
proposed which enables commuters towards tracking demand, irregular vehicle-dispatching times, and
the bus of their choice and also knowing their estimated incidents. Many employees are often late to work;
arrival times. Proposed system has been validated students are late for schools and colleges because they
using Android in this research this system is not only decide to wait for the bus instead of just simply using a
reasonable but also applicable in real life and can private vehicle. To make this system more user friendly;
We propose an android application that will be accessed
enhance the current bus system in way which will ease
through android smartphones. Real time vehicle tracking
their management by serving as an intelligent bus for better transport management has become possible
tracking system. The bus passengers are benefited as with the invention of GPS and the cellular network. We can
they can find out the list of buses they can board for mount these technologies in public transport systems,
their travel and also check the current location status of especially buses, which are unable to adhere to predefined
their point of interest bus with details. timetables due to reasons like traffic jams, breakdowns
etc. Passengers don't find public transport system
attractive because of increased waiting time and
Key Words: GPS, Android, bus positioning, location uncertainty about the bus arrival. As mentioned above our
application uses GPS to track location of buses in real time.
tracking, real-time. To spend the time of passengers efficiently and to catch
the required bus on time or whether to take alternate
means of transport if the bus is delayed. So the journey of
1. Introduction the passenger/user can be planned long before they take
on it. Our application will develop friendly relationship
In the daily operation of public transport systems, when between passenger and public transport system. This will
passengers travel by the bus, sometimes they face the indirectly conclude more use of public transport system
difficulties when the bus fails during ongoing journey. The and therefore will reduce traffic and pollution.
bus driver and the conductor try on their own to find out
the solution to the bus failure. To get the necessary help
from verified sources is really difficult and lengthy. During

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1.1Problem Statement After login, HEAD BUS DEPO OFFICER will be able to do
following things
The proposed system will help to detect the position of a  Can add bus drivers.
bus, so in case of a failure of a bus, the help could be  Can add bus.
provided in minimum time And This proposed system will  Can add conductors also.
also provide you with the end-user required to view the
schedule, route and track the current GPS location of the Fig -1: System Architecture.
bus in real time through a user-friendly App (Android
App) which is simple, clear and has good graphical
interface.

2. Architecture and modeling

Working
Android Modules: In the Authentication process Driver
can login into app by clicking Login button. After login he
can able to start journey.
In the Dashboard Module After login driver can start
journey by clicking START JOURNEY , before starting of
actual journey he has to fill details for eg:
Bus Number (e.g. MH-15 bc 2061)
Bus Rout Number ( e.g. 65)
Starting bus Stop (e.g. CBS)
Destination bus Stop (e.g. NK Road)
It will continuously update status of bus to server (After
every 1 min).
After start journey he can able to do following things
If any problem occurred he can inform to Head Stop
(INFORM HEAD OFFICE).
Also his information get notify to other Bus drivers on that
route (NOTIFY OTHERS).
He can stop journey by clicking STOP JOURNEY or
COMPLETED JOURNEY.

Public User Modules:-In the public user module a person

or user who have android platform can easily track the
buses by user friendly android application he login in the
app and can track the bus schedule, routes, timetables etc
Server Modules
Authentication Module:
Admin can login to server by providing his credentials.
Head Stop officer can login into server by providing
credentials
Dashboard Module:
After Login, ADMIN will be able to do following things
 Can add officers for HEAD BUS DEPOT.
 Can check list of officers.
 Can check list of buses related to depot.
 Can check list drivers.
 Can check list of conductors.
 Can check bus status (Location or running status Fig-2: Activity Diagram.
[up or down]).
 Can check route of bus.

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2.1 Mathematical Model 3. Future scope

System S= {BusTrackingSystemApplication} Time is really precious these days. Everything we use on a

System S= {S1, I, d, O} daily basis has been simplified by a technology, so that we
S1 = {GPS, Google Maps} can save our time and do our work in more efficient way.
I = {V, SD} For ex. Invention of a TV remote; in earlier days we used
d = function to operate TV by the controls attached to it. Now, with the
O = output help of a remote we can save the time and operate the TV
I1 = V =>> Variables from a distance.
I2 = SD =>>Source & Destination Array Public Transport System lags in using the technology. We
[1] I1 = {Area, Emergency Type} want them to use our application that will ease their work
D1 = I1 =>> O1 and will take public transport system to the next level in
O1 = {ST1,ST2,ST3, ……….,STn} the future. With everybody buying four wheelers so
ST = Bus Stop casually, future of public transport system is in danger.
[2] I2 = {Source; Destination} They have to take prior steps to save themselves and our
D2 = Cal application will surely be an advancement..
Cal = {Source; Destination}
R = {R1, R2, R3, …. ,Rn} 3.1 Advantages
R1 = {Source, node1, node2, ………… ,node n}
Source = Distance [Source] + nodes
Mobile application: The proposed system is working on
S= DistanceBetween [Source, node i]
android platform. It is a user friendly android application.
i= 1
Android is popular platform which has 1.6 million
D = {D1, D2, D3, ……,Dn}
applications and still counting. It is very easy and
[R = Routes, D = Distance]
convenient to use in mobile.
Min. Time = Min (D1, D2, D3, ….., Dn)
User can know exact location of bus: By using proposed
O2 = {Min. Time}
android application, user can track the buses. He does not
Show (Min. Time)
need to wait long hours on the bus stop as he can track the
bus info in which he is interested and able to make
2.2 Algorithm decision.
Driver can get help as soon as possible: In the existing
Google’s Encoded Polyline Algorithm system there is no provision of getting emergency help In
case of bus failure that’s why passenger face
Google has developed an Encoded Polyline algorithm for inconvenience but by using proposed app, driver can send
highlighting the trail connecting two points. On Google message to nearer bus driver and depot manager to get
Map, to show path, we have to use Encoded Polyline help as fast as possible.
algorithm. To show the whole path we need all Depot manager can track of each bus.: In the proposed
intermediate points between source and destination point. system the depot manger can track each bus related to
So for calculating the different intermediate points we depot. He can send the message to bus driver for help in
need the Encoded Polyline algorithm. An encoded polyline case of bus failure.
is a set of coordinate pairs which have been changed to an
ASCII string to considerably decrease the overall size of 3. CONCLUSIONS
the data. Encoded polylines are used to store big
combination of coordinate data to project a line or shape In case of bus failure, passenger will get help as soon as
on a google map. The encoded polylines are made from possible without waiting for hours and they can easily
sets of coordinate pairs and are provided through an move to their destination without the delay. With this
algorithm. The algorithm takes the disparity between two system, user can come to know exact location of bus and
coordinate pairs, multiply it with 1e5 and then the therefore user can take right decision and save their
rounded values are changed into binary values, after that valuable time.
the algorithm translated that binary value to ASCII
characters. Every ASCII character has eight bits of data,
hence the savings adds up and the entire ASCII string
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We take this opportunity to express our hearty thanks to
given by the algorithm at the end is the details of various
all those who helped us on this topic. Prof. S. M. Rokade,
points of route.
Head Of Computer Engineering Department, Sir
Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Nashik and our dear

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friend Mr. Nitesh S. Sope their guidance and continuous

motivation.
We would also like to thank Prof. S. A. Gade, Project Co-
ordinator for his great support and excellent guidance.

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