The FEET (Facility for Easy and Efficient Transportation) system proposes integrating information technology to improve the efficiency of public transportation, specifically auto-rickshaws in India. It aims to make auto-rickshaw services more accessible by developing a system to calculate customer locations and direct the closest vehicle. Early prototypes involved the customer's device emitting radio waves or using GPS to send their location. The final design uses a user-friendly gadget that triangulates their position using cellular-like waves. If implemented, this system could reduce wait times for customers and increase driver incomes while providing an essential transportation option.

1. The FEET* System
Integrating Information Technology in Public Transportation
*Facility for Easy and Efficient Transportation

2. Foreword
Since the introduction of auto-rickshaws in India in the late 1950s,
these vehicles have become an indispensable aspect of urban
mobility for millions of people.
Yet they represent an increasingly inefficient sector. Today, with
increasing urban populations, there is growth in demand for
urban transport, growth in private motorization and a decline in
public transport share.

3. Time difference between 2 empty
Rickshaws in Selected locations in Kochi
Sl.
No
Location Name
Time difference (in seconds)
~09:00 a.m.
~08.30 p.m.
1
Thammanam
128
293
2
Palachuvadu
690
XXX
3
Panampilly Nagar
87
61
4
Ravipuram
43
97
5
Vytilla
48
316
6
Palarivattom
23
112
Auto

4. Proposal
To make the services provided by the public
transportation vehicles more resourceful and
accessible using science and technology.

5. Top Requirements
The Auto-Rickshaw must reach the customer as fast as
possible.
The User Equipment must be easy to use and understand.
All Equipments used must be cost efficient.
The Customer’s location must be calculated with a fair
degree of accuracy.

6. Designs and Prototypes
After defining the problem, our task was to design the
system such that it was easy to use and also cost less.
Version 0.0 – Auto
Rickshaw emits radio
waves that are received by
the user.
Version 1.0 – Tracking the
location of the user using
GPS and sending his
location to the vehicles.
Version 2.0 – Making an
easily usable gadget which
emits cellular like waves
that is used to triangulate
the user’s position.

7. Model I

8. Model II

9. Model III

10. Schematic Representation

11. Equipment Design

12. Display Screen in Vehicles

13. Benefits of the FEET Transportation System
This system will be effective in
both developing and developed
countries around the world due
to the essential need for public
transport vehicles.
The drivers’ income will boost,
as they become accessible all
the time.
If this solution is implemented,
it will ensure that the users
catch an auto rickshaw very
fast saving their valuable time.

14. The Future
Emergency Services
can be included into
the system so as to
minimize it’s
response time.
Integrating EBanking Services to
simplify transactions
City's live traffic feed
can be integrated
into the system, if
available.

15. Bibliography
Antenna and Wave Propagation by K.D. Prasad
en.wikipedia.org
http://www.wri.org/publication/sustainable-urban-transport- indiaauto-rickshaw-sector
www.wikimapia.org
www.howstuffworks.com