A smart school bus tracking system

Abstract

The proposed smart school bus tracking system is an easy-to-use software, including both a web-based program and a mobile application, that mainly gives parents, students and school service firms the ability to track accurately the location of their school service vehicles. Such a smart school bus service information system is inevitable within the context of smart city features. The mobile application makes it smarter for kids/students using their school services; also, parents can easily track their kids' buses. In addition, bus service companies can easily register new students and determine the routes of the school buses dynamically. The system provides scalability, flexibility, low cost, security, and reliability. All shared location information and users' private data are stored encrypted; the parents may receive information about their related buses only. The system is based on both web and mobile platforms and it is implemented as an interactive application. © 2019 IEEE.