ITS Students Develop Public Transport Tracking System Nominated for DIGI Awards
Ante Šarić and Dominik Knez, students at the Department of Intelligent Transportation Systems at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, have developed a system that tracks bus and tram positions in real time and shows users when a vehicle will arrive at a stop. Unlike conventional apps that rely on static timetables, their system retrieves new data every five seconds and updates vehicle position information accordingly.
The app uses the user’s GPS location to immediately display the nearest stops, the direction of vehicle movement, and an estimated arrival time in real time. The system is divided into three layers: data collection, data processing, and user display; with the middle layer continuously processing and storing data while learning from it.
The idea originated as a student thesis project and has since grown into a serious platform whose goal extends beyond tracking trams in Zagreb. Ante and Dominik aim to provide smaller transport operators, who lack the resources for expensive infrastructure, with access to a modern public transport management system. In the future, the platform could analyse passenger numbers, optimise routes and vehicle capacities, thereby contributing to reduced costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
The app is currently in its testing phase, and the project has been nominated for the DIGI Awards.
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