LocateBus - Um software como serviço para o transporte público

Abstract

Public transportation is an important service to society, because it is responsible for providing a means of transportation to numerous people. Despite the constant evolution of this service there are needs related to the main actors of the sector, are companies and passengers. Passenger requirements are related to the capacity of vehicles, waiting time and difficulty to find information of the routes. The needs of businesses are related to fleet control , electronic ticketing and information of travel in real time. Part of these needs can be helped with computing systems. Currently the model of cloud computing has been highlighted by the ease of acquiring infraestrutura and software compared to the traditional way. It should also be noted that several well- diffused technologies can be integrated in cloud computing to solve certain problems, among these various GPS and smartphone are applications. When analyzing the situation above , we arrived to a question , is it possible to develop specialized software for public transport , linking the technologies mentioned above , to assist companies and passengers to make decisions based on information ? To seek an answer to this question was necessary to study the technologies that could be involved , further knowledge about cloud computing and research projects that demonstrate the current state of technology in urban public transportation companies . After this phase, the architecture is designed for a proposed solution and developed the prototype. To obtain more precise information a case study was conducted. This study was presented to a company that developed prototype and a form was applied to collect data on the study. The result shows that the solution developed may contribute to the service providing information to passengers and property.