A method of setting a bus route for a bus includes the step of providing a global positioning system (GPS) device (100) on the bus (12), and reading passenger data corresponding to a passenger. The passenger data is read from a passenger identification card and transmitted to the GPS device (16). The method further includes the step of matching the passenger data with a bus stop (28), and generating a bus route with the GPS device (100) based on the passenger data (34). Only bus stops that match passenger data are included in the bus route (34).