Missed Bus No More

The Project

Some students in our school live in areas like Wadi and Yekhda and they depend on the PMPML bus to come to school. Sometimes, students miss the bus or the bus doesn’t arrive, but the school doesn't get to know about it immediately. Because of this, school sometimes has to give a holiday or wait without proper updates. So, I created a Smart Bus Stop Flag system in Scratch. In this project: Each bus stop has a flag. The flag has two colors: 🔴 Red Flag = The bus has arrived. 🟢 Green Flag = The bus has not come / is cancelled. The bus driver has a remote. If the bus arrives, the driver clicks a button and the flag turns red. If the bus is not coming, the driver presses a different button and the flag turns green. This information is instantly visible at the school, so the school can plan accordingly. What inspired this idea? I noticed that when students miss the bus or if the bus doesn’t arrive, the school is not informed in time. This causes confusion, delays, and sometimes even holidays. That’s why I thought of using a flag-based alert system which makes it simple and quick to communicate bus status to the school. What was difficult? Creating the logic to change the flag color using a button. Making sure the flag updates correctly for each bus stop. Designing a way for the school to see the status of multiple stops at once.

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