| 摘要 |
A comprehensive system to optimize utilization of transportation resources, including public vehicles such as municipal buses, quasi-public vehicles such as university and corporate campus shuttles, private vehicles, and freight carriers (all participating vehicles collectively, “Transportation Assets”) and provide superior, expedient, efficient, and economical transportation options to prospective passengers or cargo items (each, a “Rider”). A central tracking and guidance system (the “Coordination System”) will monitor the current itineraries, present locations, capabilities, and operator-designated preferences of Transportation Assets. A Rider seeking transportation will be directed to a point of rendezvous with a Transportation Asset on the basis of computer or smartphone-provided destination and price preference information given by such Rider, and such Rider's mobility. Transportation Asset routing, Rider guidance prior to and during utilization of Transportation Assets, and pricing will be dynamically determined on the basis of the existing itineraries of Transportation Assets, the ability of Riders to travel en route to use of a Transportation Asset, and capacity utilization of Transportation Assets. All participants in the system may dynamically adjust their preferences in response to pricing information, so the system will be continuously optimized. |
