School Bus Routing and Scheduling using GIS

School bus routing and scheduling are among the major problems because school bus transportation needs to be safe, reliable and efficient. Hence, the research question for this thesis is to answer how to transport students in the safest, most economical and convenient manner. The objective of this thesis is to create a GIS based school transport management system which helps in bus-stop allocation, design fastest and safest bus routes with AVL facility. This thesis also aims to investigate how a school transportation management system may improve the transportation security. This prototype model will help the school transportation management to design shortest and fastest school bus routes and they can also allocate bus stops, which will help them in selecting the pick-up stops for the students and staff, according to their concentration in the areas. This thesis has also, through literature study, investigated how a school transport management system can improve the transportation security. For the time being, there is a general belief that ICT contributes to improving the security, although a quantification of such improvements are lacking.

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The author owes all his success to his parents. It is hisgreatest pleasure to dedicate this small achievement to his parents.Moreover the author has over 5 years of expereince in GIS and insoftware field, speaks frequently at conferences. Some of hismany interests are reading books, travelling, hiking, cooking andsurfing the internet.

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School bus routing and scheduling are among the majorproblems because school bus transportation needs tobe safe, reliable and efficient. Hence, the researchquestion for this thesis is to answer how totransport students in the safest, most economical andconvenient manner. The objective of this thesis is tocreate a GIS based school transport management systemwhich helps in bus-stop allocation, design fastestand safest bus routes with AVL facility. This thesisalso aims to investigate how a school transportationmanagement system may improve the transportationsecurity. This prototype model will help the schooltransportation management to design shortest andfastest school bus routes and they can also allocatebus stops, which will help them in selecting thepick-up stops for the students and staff, accordingto their concentration in the areas. This thesis hasalso, through literature study, investigated how aschool transport management system can improve thetransportation security. For the time being, there isa general belief that ICT contributes to improvingthe security, although a quantification of suchimprovements are lacking.