Schematic of IoT Micro-Transit Implementation: A Preliminary Outlook for Exploratio

Abstract

Micro-transit in the school children's and parents' community is rarely studied. e-hailing can be used to transport school children to and from school, helping parents manage their children's mobility. However, deeper research is needed to discover regulatory facts and concerns about using e-hailing for school children. Adopting micro-transit or ride sourcing for school children has not been well-analysed and may not be safe. Thus, this research seeks to gather and analyse three key micro-transit studies, find associated regularity components, and design an initial micro-transit schematic in connection to safety. This study involves three stages: (i) data collection and knowledge acquisition, (ii) data assessment and selection, and (iii) schematic construction and elements identification. A focus group discussion was conducted among transportation and safety agencies with four parents who send their children to school using public transportation to discuss roles of agencies in supporting parents’ concerns regarding their children's safety. The finding shows there is a knowledge gap about e-hailing users' needs; insufficient cyber security and safety measures, and minimum awareness from the public towards the e-hailing apps services vulnerabilities. Most parents who drive their children to and from school are concerned about safety i.e., crime and traffic. In the development of e-hailing or ride-sourcing apps, safety and security features shall align with the requirements of the components linked in the focus group schematic as shown in the result and discussion section. Literature analysis shows limited examples of safety and security features, such as applying real-time passenger information during the ride. Therefore, this limitation needs to be explored. In addition, this paper helps to identify the outlook of a workable micro-transit application domain with proper agencies and people to help find technology solutions for real-time safety measures.