Building Mobile Virtual Communities for Public Transport Awarness

The collaboration between bus operators and community members is the next logical step in the evolution of truly live bus tracking and timing inquiries. In this paper, we present a prototype software system that supports the creation of a collaborative mobile virtual community for public transport awareness. The system makes use of location determination technology to track the users´ locations and supplies them with live bus-arrival times and appropriate notifications. The system is built using three-tier architecture and requires minimum user interaction