IoT Bus Monitoring System via Mobile Application

Abstract

Bus transportation is important for public users and bus waiting is important in time and schedule management. Today, bus transportation schedules are crucial, especially in identifying the available passengers on the bus and the intended passengers cannot view the available seats on the bus. Another problem is tracking bus location sometimes takes time causing passengers to wait for a long time. This paper presents a simple Internet of Things (IoT) prototype for users to view or for authorities to monitor the bus activity via a mobile application on the available bus seats, bus schedule, and bus activities. The design prototype is using the NodeMCU ESP32 controller which communicates using Wi-Fi. IR sensor and GPS module are used for the input sensors. Blynk and cloud applications are used to present the data analysis on mobile apps. The mobile application was designed where users can view the number of passengers on the bus and the location of the bus. The online database is designed to capture all records of the bus passengers entering and leaving the bus. the result presents the GPS module able to get the exact location of the bus and detect its latitude and longitude. Passengers’ activities on entering and leaving the bus are recorded every 5 seconds. The number of passengers has increased to 20 passengers in 3 minutes at one bus stop. The number of passengers leaving the bus also are recorded and analyzed. These activities can be monitored by the authorities which helps for good services, time, and management for the bus transport services.