Patent ID: 9659492
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G08G

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving current location information for a plurality of vehicles assigned to a route, wherein the location information comprises locations of the plurality of vehicles determined by mobile devices located with the vehicles, and the route comprises a plurality of sequential stop locations serviced by individual vehicles of the plurality of vehicles at different times; receiving traffic conditions for the route; determining a number of projected passengers for at least one of the plurality of sequential stop locations; identifying a vehicle capacity value for at least one of the plurality of vehicles; determining, with a controller, a relative distance between a first vehicle of the plurality of vehicles and at least a second vehicle of the plurality of vehicles as a function of the received current location information; determining, with the controller, a relative time between the first and second vehicles based on the relative distance and traffic conditions; and generating an action signal for at least one of the plurality of vehicles located on the route, wherein the action signal is in response to the number of projected passengers, the vehicle capacity value, the determined relative distance and the determined relative time and to maintain service of the stop locations.