Transit Pakistan

Abstract

Karachi is the biggest city and financial hub of Pakistan whose population is about 14,500,000 citizens and more than 2 million people of this city commute through public transport on daily bases. There exists a vast majority of these commuters who have obscure information about public transport and their routes which led them to misguidance and wastage of time on bus stops. According to the research an average commuter waste around 20 minutes per day waiting at bus stop which is around wasting 10 days per year. The project is develop to resolve these issues and provide a convenient platform to the commuters so that they can easily access public transport information like bus routes along with other cost-effective travel options like cab service, taxis and rickshaw. The application will let them know about the fares for the selected ride option and approximated average time to reach the destination. During our research we did not found any currently working automated system which can address commuters this problem. In this prospective we realized the issues concerning to the commuters and came up with the solution to develop Transit Pakistan android application which can manage these uncertainties associated with Karachi’s public transportation. It will also cover public transport routes, ride options, cost effective route & fares, average time for each route along with the highlighted visual representation of route on Map. We also resolve the issue for those commuters who don’t have an android phone or access to internet by providing the SMS service so that our application will empower commuters and enhance the reach of urban transport. Transport is the backbone behind the largest GDP generating city Karachi, so the problems faced by 2 million of its commuters need to be addressed. Transit will play a vital role in minimizing the problems related to Karachi transport. It will deliberately enhance the people’s reliance on public transport but also increase the reach of public transport. In future after the success of transit Pakistan in Karachi we have planned to incorporate the other cities of Pakistan to our system gradually.