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DOI: 10.14569/IJACSA.2019.0100662
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Passenger and Luggage Weight Monitoring System for Public Transport based on Sensing Technology: A Case of Zambia

Author 1: Apolinalious Bwalya
Author 2: Jackson Phiri
Author 3: Monica M. Kalumbilo
Author 4: David Zulu

International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), Volume 10 Issue 6, 2019.

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Abstract: The prevalence of overloading, which is exceeding the maximum load weight, on public buses in Zambia is very rampant because there is currently no system to measure and monitor load weight at bus stations, apart from weighbridges on few selected roads located far away from the loading points. The aim of this study was to design and develop a passenger and luggage weight monitoring system to mitigate the challenge of overloading on public buses. To achieve this, a baseline study was conducted to appreciate the challenges of the current system being used to manage passenger and luggage, i.e., load weight, on public buses. The risk factors considered to contribute to compromised road safety leading to road traffic accidents were also established from all stakeholders as follows: 54 percent human, 39 percent road/environmental, 6 percent vehicle and 1 percent was attributed to other factors. The results were then used as a basis to design and develop a load weight monitoring system (LWMS) based on sensing and other emerging technologies like Load Cells, Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), Internet of Things (IoT), and Cloud Computing concepts to automate the measurement of the load weight, capture and transmit data.

Keywords: Overloading; load weight; load cells; emerging technologies

Apolinalious Bwalya, Jackson Phiri, Monica M. Kalumbilo and David Zulu, “Passenger and Luggage Weight Monitoring System for Public Transport based on Sensing Technology: A Case of Zambia” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 10(6), 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2019.0100662

@article{Bwalya2019,
title = {Passenger and Luggage Weight Monitoring System for Public Transport based on Sensing Technology: A Case of Zambia},
journal = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
doi = {10.14569/IJACSA.2019.0100662},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2019.0100662},
year = {2019},
publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
volume = {10},
number = {6},
author = {Apolinalious Bwalya and Jackson Phiri and Monica M. Kalumbilo and David Zulu}
}



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