Patent ID: 8838370

Claim:
A method for presenting a per-lane route for a vehicle to travel comprising: entering by at least one computing device a route between a start location and an end location; querying by the at least one computing device a traffic database with a database query, wherein the traffic database includes traffic lane characteristics associated with the route between the start location and the end location, wherein the database query indicates the start location and the end location for the vehicle to travel and also indicates a vehicle type and indicates at least one of: if the vehicle contains or will contain a driver and one or more passengers; a vehicle capability; and a special allowance for the given vehicle; generating traffic flow information by the at least one computing device using an algorithm, inputs to the traffic flow algorithm including at least a portion of traffic lane characteristics and at least a portion of the query information; receiving traffic flow information from the traffic database by the at least one computing device; determining by the at least one computing device per-lane route for the vehicle to travel in response to receiving the traffic flow information; and presenting the per-lane route for the vehicle to travel.