Dynamic display of route preview information

A computer program product for providing route guidance to a driver of a vehicle, the computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and including instructions configured to cause a processor to execute steps comprising:

• receiving, by at least one processor at a transportation management system, an origin location and a destination location;
• determining, by the transportation management system, a vehicle navigation route from the origin location to the destination location;
• determining, by the transportation management system, for at least an initial segment of the vehicle navigation route, a route complexity score, wherein the route complexity score represents a complexity of route maneuvers in the initial segment of the vehicle navigation route;
• responsive to the determined route complexity score exceeding a first threshold complexity score, instructing a driver's mobile computing device to display the initial segment of the navigation route prior to reaching the origin location;
• and instructing the driver's mobile computing device to display the destination location subsequent to reaching the origin location.

A computer-implemented method for providing route guidance to a driver of a vehicle, the method comprising:

• receiving, by at least one processor at a transportation management system, a rider pickup location and a next stop location;
• determining, by the transportation management system, a plurality of routes from the rider pickup location to the next stop location, each of the determined routes having a different orientation of a driver's vehicle at the rider pickup location;
• determining, by the transportation management system, for at least an initial segment of each of the plurality of routes, a route complexity score, wherein the route complexity score represents a complexity of route maneuvers in the initial segment of the route;
• selecting as a best route, by the transportation management system, one of the plurality of routes having a lowest route complexity score;
• providing, by the transportation management system to a mobile computing device of the driver, navigation guidance from a current location of the driver to the rider pickup location, the provided guidance including routing instructions that will cause the driver's vehicle to arrive at the rider pickup location in the orientation associated with the selected best route;
• responsive to the determined route complexity score for the selected best route exceeding a first threshold complexity score, instructing the driver's mobile computing device to display the initial segment of the selected best route prior to reaching the rider pickup location;
• and instructing the driver's mobile computing device to display the next stop location subsequent to reaching the rider pickup location.

A computer program product for providing route guidance to a driver of a vehicle, the computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and including instructions configured to cause a processor to execute steps comprising:

• receiving, by at least one processor at a transportation management system, a rider pickup location and a next stop location;
• determining, by the transportation management system, a plurality of routes from the rider pickup location to the next stop location, each of the determined routes having a different orientation of a driver's vehicle at the rider pickup location;
• determining, by the transportation management system, for at least an initial segment of each of the plurality of routes, a route complexity score, wherein the route complexity score represents a complexity of route maneuvers in the initial segment of the route;
• selecting as a best route, by the transportation management system, one of the plurality of routes having a lowest route complexity score;
• providing, by the transportation management system to a mobile computing device of the driver, navigation guidance from a current location of the driver to the rider pickup location, the provided guidance including routing instructions that will cause the driver's vehicle to arrive at the rider pickup location in the orientation associated with the selected best route;
• responsive to the determined route complexity score for the selected best route exceeding a first threshold complexity score, instructing the driver's mobile computing device to display the initial segment of the selected best route prior to reaching the rider pickup location;
• and instructing the driver's mobile computing device to display the next stop location subsequent to reaching the rider pickup location.