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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
This chapter begins with the background of the project. Next, the problem statements of this project are described. With the problem statement, the objective of studies is
summarized as a guide to complete this project.
1.1 Background
Public transport is shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public. The nations growth and the need to meet mobility,
environmental, and energy objectives place demands on public transit systems. Public transit must expand service area, increase service frequency, and improve
efficiency to serve these demands. Research is necessary to solve operating problems, to adapt appropriate new technologies from other industries, and to
introduce innovations into the transit industry.
The purposes of this paper are to review and improve the time monitoring system in public transit which focusing in improve the bus time monitoring system. The goal of
the research is to develop a monitoring system that function to display the bus arrival
time at next station.
For the some consideration, the research about Radio Frequency Identification RFID technology as alternative technology to improve time monitoring is essential
to integrate this technology at the bus time monitoring system. In additional, bus arrival time monitoring system will provide better services in the view of providing
valuables information to the passenger. Important to know, the RFID is a generic
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unique serial number of an object or person wirelessly, using radio waves. It is grouped under the broad category of automatic identification technologies.
1.2 Problem Statement
Public transport networks involving buses are inherently unreliable due to traffic. The only way to make them predictable would be to give the buses dedicated roads
with no traffic on them. This unreliability makes using public transport frustrating. If passengers knew exactly where the next bus was at all times, waiting at a bus stop
would not be frustrating. The thesis will be demonstrated the research and development of the RFID technology in the bus time monitoring system. This system
will provide better services by displaying the valuable time information to the passenger.
1.3 Objectives
