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Improvement of contactless fare payment by ground urban passenger transport based on geolocation

One of the important social tasks is the task of improving the efficiency of transport service systems. The paper proposes approaches to solving the problem of increasing the efficiency of contactless fare payment on passenger road transport, which are based on geolocation technology. Based on the consideration of fare payment schemes for closed and open cycles, scenarios for the implementation of fare payment using a flat fare system, a zonal fare system and electronic tickets with QR codes are presented. Several payment implementation work schemes have been developed based on the application of the geolocation concept and using various technologies to implement this concept, namely 1) Bluetooth Low Energy, 2) obtaining coordinates from GPS/GLONASS navigation systems, 3) data received through Wi-Fi access points and 4) location data provided by basic stations of GSM networks. A comparative analysis was carried out for each proposed option, a basic set of technical and software support tools was determined, and recommendations were given on the conditions that determine the feasibility of its application. For experimental confirmation of the operability of each of the options for obtaining the estimated values of the main characteristics, operating samples were constructed on which the corresponding measurements were carried out. Read more...