iN-PACT

=P.A.C.T.=


 * //People://** Transit commuters and more specifically commuters that have access to a cell-phone. Providing up-to-minute updates on ground transportation such as buses, streetcars and trains; excluding underground subway because cell-phone users wouldn’t have access to mobile reception. For those people who are not familiar with transit scheduling information.


 * //Activities//:** It enables people to schedule their timings therefore prevents people from missing a bus. It enables direct contact and access between commuter and transit. Application will allow visual information to the customer so they can prepare accordingly. Commuter can enter schedule information of a particular bus or can enter information for all buses at their respective stop.


 * //Context://** Present transit systems have implemented transit schedule that include the timings for buses; however, not all stations include these timings. These timings ask for commuter to arrive 5 minutes before the time in case the bus arrives earlier. The transit drivers have a five-minute flexible time period. Of course, this system is not reliable. The timing does not take into consideration factors such as, weather, traffic, mechanical failures (bus breaks down), transit terrorism, and other factors.


 * //Technology://** Application will use real-time G.P.S. technology that will provide bus information to cell phones. There will be a chip in the transit system (bus, streetcar) that will be tracked by the satellite. The cell phone will need a G.P.S. application that will track the chip on the bus they are waiting for. The G.P.S. would send cell-phone specific information of its status.