A Systematic Review on Scheduling Public Transport Using IoT as Tool

Abstract

Abstract Public transport can play an important role in reducing usage of private vehicles by individuals which can, in turn, reduce traffic congestion, pollution, and usage of fossil fuel. But, for that public transport needs to be reliable. People should not have to wait for the bus for a long time without having any idea when the bus will come. Further, people should get a seat in the bus. To ensure this, efficiently and accurately scheduling and provisioning of buses is of paramount importance. In fact, nowadays buses are scheduled as per the need. But these scheduling is being done manually in India. Our survey shows that there are many algorithms proposed in the literature for scheduling and provisioning of buses. There is a need to tailor these algorithms for Indian scenario. We present a brief overview of these algorithms in this paper. We also identify open issues which need to be addressed.