IoT Based Smart Bus Stops

The advent of smart sensors, single system-on-chip computing devices, internet of things and cloud computing is facilitating the design and development of smart devices and services. These include smart meters, smart street lightings, smart gas stations, smart parking lots and smart bus stops. This paper proposes an IoT-based environmentally-friendly enhanced design for existing smart bus stops services. The proposed design is to optimize energy consumption through estimating bus stop occupancy, remotely monitor air conditioning and lights, automatically report utility breakdowns, and measure the air pollution around the area. A mobile app encompasses a map interface enabling operators to remotely monitor the conditions of bus stops such as the temperature, humidity, estimated occupancy and air pollution levels. In addition to presenting the system's architecture and detailed design, a system prototype is built to test and validate the proposed solution.