Smart Ticketing System for Public Bus Transportation

Abstract

We propose a RFID (Radio-frequency identification) based ticketing system for public bus transportation. This system intends to assign a unique RFID smartcard to every person intending to travel using public buses. The card will contain user details along with the balance amount which can be used for transactions. System is developed alongside Android platform that includes applications for commuters and conductors. This is a user friendly system. Conductors’ application would facilitate to scan and read a passengers RFID card, enter source and destination of the commuter and proceed with the transaction. It also maintains a count of number of passengers and the total amount collected for that bus. Passenger’s application would feature Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled location details of any bus they intend to board, their transactional history and also the balance left on their card. The RFID reader used is EM18. Additional feature of message notification using Google Cloud messaging services to Android users while non-android users would be notified using Global System for Mobile services about their transactions.