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This work consists of two main components:(a) a longitudinal ethnographic study in Village thatdemonstrates the importance of transportation resources in the developing world and how to plan for an appropriateICT solution, and (b) the results of a proof-of-concept system engineered to create a bottom-up, transportationinformation infrastructure using only GPS and SMS. Transportation is a very important shared resource; enablingefficient and effective use of such resources aids overall development goals. The system, *bus, involved the developmentof a hardware device (a *box) containing a GSM modem and a GPS unit, that can be installed on a vehicle and used totrack its location. The *box communicates via SMS with a server connected to a basic GSM phone. The server runsroute a prediction algorithm and users can send SMS messages to the server to find when a bus will arrive at theirlocation. The paper discusses the system and early testing, as well as the development implications for a range of urbanand rural environments where transportation is scarce or inefficient, and where a central authority or institution is not ina position to provide robust information resources for users. We describe how the solution is also situated withintechnology usage patterns common to the developing world.

Ms. Surekha Kohle, Dr. Pradeep B. Dahika, “Promoting Transportation Information System”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 4, Issue 6, pp. 32-37, June 2017.