Tracking, Arrival Time Estimator, and Passenger Information System on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

Trans Metro Bandung is a new Bus Rapid Transit in Bandung, Indonesia. As a new mode of transportation, it proposes comfort, safety, and give an affordable price. However, information systems related to buses are still lacking and far from expectations. That includes the uncertainty of the bus departures and arrivals times at bus stops. Therefore, in this study, an integrated online system is designed to provide information, including bus arrival time, bus position, and the number of passengers on the bus. This information system is a website application that is connected to the Firebase real-time database so that all data can be accessed in real-time and then displayed at the bus stop. The hardware system consists of an infrared detector to count the number of passengers and a GPS module for bus tracking. From the bus position information, the system can estimate the arrival time at the nearest bus stop.