NextBUS: A bus transportation advisory system for metropolis

Ka Lok Ho, Chak Fai Lee, Yat Fung Wong, Sheung Ting Choi, Ka Ho Cheung, Sheng Uei Guan, Ka Lok Man, Chi Un Lei

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Abstract

Living in such a busy metropolis Hong Kong, transportation is very important to Hong Kong citizens. As one of the most dominant transportation means in Hong Kong, unlike the metro in Hong Kong, it is often for Hong Kong people to spend an excessive amount of time waiting for buses to arrive. With the introduction of the proposed scheduling system NextBUS, unlike in the past that the potential passengers could only be held in a passive position that could only blindly wait, they can be better advised over their waiting. With NextBUS, people can know where the bus is and when it will arrive, together with the information of whether the disabilities facilities are available and the situation in the bus. The user interface, technical implementation concerns, societal concerns and possible future developments have been fully discussed in this positioning paper.

Original languageEnglish
JournalLecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science
Volume2210
Issue numberJanuary
Publication statusPublished - 2014
EventInternational MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists, IMECS 2014 - Kowloon, Hong Kong
Duration: 12 Mar 201414 Mar 2014

Keywords

  • Advisory system
  • Bus
  • Common core curriculum
  • Route planning
  • Transportation

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