Smart ATVM Application

The demand of transport system has increased due to large amount of growth in India's population. It has become essential to consider effective technologies in the areas of public transport that will ease the system of transport. This paper presents the design of android application system that harnesses the functionality of the existing electronic smart cards. The idea is to develop an android application that incorporates its simplicity and usability. We employ this ticket friendly solution that replaces the conventional paper ticketing by paperless-ticketing. Moreover, it will overcome the drawback present in the ATVM, where the passengers do not get any alert message about expiry date of the card. The touch sensors on the vending machine are unresponsive. Many-a-times, the vending machines are not in the working state. Due to changes in the weather, the card may get spoilt and torn away. And if it gets stolen, any unauthorized user can use the card until the balance becomes absolute. This application will provide the notification about the balance amount left. It will also help the user to renew the card through the application. The user can also purchase the ticket and get an e-ticket for the same. Since the user is going to log in with his/her password, the unauthorized user can't have an access to it. In the current system the user needs to get the smart card manually, and pay an initial amount of Rs.100/- (Rs.50/- for the card and Rs.50/- for as balance). The user also needs to print the ticket from the vending machine (which, at many places the machines are not working properly). Also if the user needs to renew the card, he/she needs to do manually. Moreover the user interface is not user friendly, which leads to many problems while purchasing the ticket.