A tracking and billing system for commercial vehicles
A tracking and billing system for commercial vehicles
Date
2019
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Authors
Mensah, Kofi Anamoa
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Abstract
The Ghanaian transit system poses certain challenges to users, as it usually has
passengers waiting at bus stops for a bus to their destination, for an unknown amount of
time because there is no means of tracking the buses. The system is also problematic as
passengers usually argue with bus conductors for change, when payments are made in
high denominations, because there are no cashless payment methods available. This
makes planning of journeys difficult to users of this system. Existing systems generally use
a GPS receiver and cellular data network to transmit location information. Other public
transportation systems incorporate additional systems that allow passengers to make
cashless payments. This project solves the tracking problem on the Ghanaian
transportation system by installing a GPS enabled device in the vehicle which would
transmit the location coordinates to a server using long-range radio (LoRa) waves instead
of the cellular data network. For payments, a system is developed that permits users to
make payments using an NFC card or by scanning a QR code, unique to each bus which
would then make a deduction from the users account.
Description
Capstone Project submitted to the Department of Engineering, Ashesi University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, April 2019
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Capstone project
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Keywords
vehicle tracking system , public transportation , Ghana , web-based application , mobile application , hardware , LoRa technology , GPS