Patent ID: 8738276

Claim:
A method for emergency routing within a controllable transit system, comprising: mapping, by at least one computing device, a controllable transit system having a set of evacuation points; determining, by the at least one computing device, outflow capacity at the set of evacuation points; adjusting, by the at least one computing device, the mapping in response to an emergency; and optimizing, by the at least one computing device, the assignment of a set of vehicles of the controllable transit system to the set of evacuation points based on the determined outflow capacities and adjusted mapping, the optimizing comprising: evaluating, by the at least one computing device, the services and capabilities of at least one of the set of evacuation points, determining, by the at least one computing device, the optimum number of passengers in one of the set of vehicles based on the vehicle's maximum capacity and capability to pick up passengers, weighing, by the at least one computing device, for the one of the set of vehicles, time to pick up additional passengers against evacuation time based on the determining the optimum number of passengers, and assigning, by the at least one computing device, one of the set of evacuation points to the one of the set of vehicles based on the evaluating and weighing.