An improved travel safety for urban commuters using an itracks system

• Main Authors: Sham, R., Hussein, M. Z. S. M., Ismail, H. N., Latif, A. A., Mohamed, S., Othman, R., Yatim, N. H. M.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/50889/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICSEngT.2013.6650201

The purpose of this research is to improve the travel safety among urban commuters. Even though the large amount of money has been invested to ensure user especially urban commuters can access the public transport comfortably, the safety and security measures still become a concern. Crimes such as sexual crimes on passengers, pickpocket, snatch thefts and etc reported continue to occur on trains, taxis, buses or while walking from drop-off points to another mode of transportation or destination. Therefore, this study aims to produce an improved tracking system for human while travelling in urban area.