Location-based transportation service during emergency situations

A computer system for automatically coordinating transportation services, comprising:

• one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:
• determining, by one or more processors, a first location corresponding to a permanent residence of a plurality of users;
• receiving, by the one or more processors, a notification of an emergency situation;
• identifying, by the one or more processors, danger zones within an emergency area associated with the emergency situation;
• in response to receiving the notification of the emergency situation, determining, by the one or more processors, a second location corresponding to an immediate location of each of the plurality of users;
• in response to the second location matching the emergency area, identifying, by the one or more processors, a safe location in close proximity to the emergency area and a safe evacuation route from the emergency area to the safe location;
• organizing, by the one or more processors, the plurality of users in one or more groups based on a radius selected according to at least one of a proximity to the safe location, a proximity between the second location of at least two users of the plurality of users, and at least two or more users sharing the first location;
• based on the identified danger zones, designating, by the one or more processors, a pick-up location for each of the one or more groups;
• notifying via a Short Message Service (SMS), by the one or more processors, each user in the one or more groups of the designated pick-up location;
• in response to the one or more groups accepting the designated pick-up location, automatically coordinating, by the one or more processors, a first transportation vehicle to take each of the one or more groups from the emergency area to the safe location;
• and
• creating, by the one or more processors, a list of users from the one or more groups taken to the safe location to be provided to local authorities.

A computer program product for automatically coordinating transportation services, comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a device to cause the device to perform a method comprising:
• determining, by one or more processors, a first location corresponding to a permanent residence of a plurality of users;
• receiving, by the one or more processors, a notification of an emergency situation;
• identifying, by the one or more processors, danger zones within an emergency area associated with the emergency situation;
• in response to receiving the notification of the emergency situation, determining, by the one or more processors, a second location corresponding to an immediate location of each of the plurality of users;
• in response to the second location matching the emergency area, identifying, by the one or more processors, a safe location in close proximity to the emergency area and a safe evacuation route from the emergency area to the safe location;
• organizing, by the one or more processors, the plurality of users in one or more groups based on a radius selected according to at least one of a proximity to the safe location, a proximity between the second location of at least two users of the plurality of users, and at least two or more users sharing the first location;
• based on the identified danger zones, designating, by the one or more processors, a pick-up location for each of the one or more groups;
• notifying via a Short Message Service (SMS), by the one or more processors, each user in the one or more groups of the designated pick-up location;
• in response to the one or more groups accepting the designated pick-up location, automatically coordinating, by the one or more processors, a first transportation vehicle to take each of the one or more groups from the emergency area to the safe location;
• and
• creating, by the one or more processors, a list of users from the one or more groups taken to the safe location to be provided to local authorities.