SmartBusTracker: A Web-Based Real-Time School Bus Tracking, Ticket Booking and Passenger Management System
Keywords:
Digital ticket booking, Flask framework, GPS monitoring, Leaflet.js, OpenStreetMap, Passenger management system, School bus trackingAbstract
The Smart Bus Tracker is a web-based transportation management system designed to improve school transportation monitoring, digital ticket booking, seat reservation, wallet transactions, and passenger convenience. Traditional school transportation systems depend on manual processes that lack transparency, real-time monitoring, and efficient communication between students, parents, and school administrators. The proposed system integrates Python Flask as the backend framework, Microsoft SQL Server as the database management system, HTML/CSS/JavaScript for frontend development, and Leaflet.js with OpenStreetMap for interactive map visualization and simulated GPS-based tracking. The system enables users to track buses in real time, check seat availability, book tickets digitally, recharge wallets, receive notifications, and monitor transportation schedules through an interactive dashboard. The project follows a modular architecture consisting of authentication, live bus tracking, ticket booking, wallet management, seat reservation, and notification modules. Experimental testing demonstrates a ticket booking success rate of 100%, wallet transaction accuracy of 100%, database response time of 0.42 seconds, and map loading time of 2.1 seconds, confirming reliable system performance for institutional deployment.
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