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The present situation of public transportation system in sub-Saharan Africa especially in Nigeria reveals to a large extent, a low level of effectiveness and safety. The need to provide safe transportation services to users in developing countries cannot be overemphasized. Hence, this paper provides a decision making model that helps users of public transport systems avoid unsafe transportation services (vehicles) by providing them with a community-aggregated information about vehicles and their personnel.
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Lawrence, K.O., Odumuyiwa, V. (2018). SafeTransit: A Transit Safety Information Gathering Decision System. In: Odumuyiwa, V., Adegboyega, O., Uwadia, C. (eds) e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries. AFRICOMM 2017. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 250. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98827-6_20
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