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.