Our Solution

Part 1: An app that can communicate why a bus is late, and how late the bus will be. It will have the phone numbers of parents that sign up for notifications, so the bus driver will be able to tell anyone that the bus is late, or it has arrived at its stop.

Part 2: Students use Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) tags on their card that is scanned to purchase food in the cafeteria that when scanned on a module on the door, can open their bus, so they can get on safely, and only those with the correct RFID tag can get on. It will also allow for first time riders without a subscription to the bus system, to ride one time. On the parent's side, they will be able to use a website that is connected to google maps to track where the bus driver’s phone is while the bus driver is on the app so they can know where their child is, and the bus driver is not constantly tracked.

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Existing solutions:

Zonar MyView and HereComesTheBus both give parents the location of their child’s bus as well as alerts for when the bus arrives at a stop, when it is a certain distance away from a certain stop by using either the app or SMS texting. 


BusPlanner Delays and mTransport send communication notifications to parents and drivers for riders that are getting on the bus and when and why a bus is late, as well as giving parents the knowledge of when the bus arrives at a stop.


BusWhere and Wireless Links send notifications to parents for if the bus is late, when it will arrive, and for the bus driver to communicate with parents if they have questions.

Potential budget:

Our plan would be to implement this on a bus with 6 students.


Potential cost: Custom RFID tags- $0.80 per student


Total budget: $44.49

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