Smart Passenger Information System Based On IoT

Problems with the management of city bus in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia include the absence of a system that can detect and report the number of passengers in every city bus / bus stop. At present, the counting is conducted manually with a paper-based recording system done by two employees in general. This condition makes the passenger movement data and the report addressed to the city bus management invalid. In addition, a city bus passenger reporting system is required to facilitate the city bus passenger counting system so that passenger data can be obtained quickly, electronically stored, and easily analyzed for decision-making in the development of public transportation service. The reporting system developed in this study included detecting bus location, recording the number of passengers who get on and off the bus, and sending the information regarding the location and the number of passenger movement to the IoT-based data processing center. The system consists of RFID and IoT Microcontroller (Wemos d1 mini). RFID serves as the data entry of the passengers who get on and off the bus. Whereas D1 Wemos Mini will process the data of the number of passengers read by the RFID sensor, then the Wemos d1 Mini will connect WiFi to the access point installed at bus stops. After that, the data will be sent to the cloud database through an Internet network and displayed on the website. □ This system has been implemented and tested in real-time to find out the number of bus passengers. According to the test results, the information regarding passenger movements at every bus stop for one bus could be recorded properly. Thus, it provided important information in making decisions about the development of city buses as public transportation in Surabaya.