Providing users with access to routes for traveling

A method performed by one or more processors, comprising:

• receiving, from a first client device of a first user, a request for a route corresponding to a starting location and an ending location;
• querying a route database to identify an entry indicating that a restricted access road segment with a traffic light alteration capability exists between the starting location and the ending location;
• receiving, from a second client device of a second user, a second request for a second route corresponding to the restricted access road segment;
• based upon (i) a determination that allowance of one of the first user or the second user to use the restricted access road segment would not exceed an allowed allocation threshold, and (ii) a determination that allowance of both the first user and the second user to use the restricted access road segment would exceed the allowed allocation threshold:
• assigning a first score to the first user;
• and
• assigning a second score to the second user;
• authorizing the first user to use the restricted access road segment with the traffic light alteration capability based upon the first user submitting a method of payment for access to the traffic light alteration capability;
• and
• responsive to successfully authorizing the first user to use the restricted access road segment with the traffic light alteration capability and determining that the first score of the first user exceeds the second score of the second user:
• providing the route, comprising the restricted access road segment with the traffic light alteration capability, to the first client device but not the second client device;
• maintaining a current location of the first client device;
• and
• altering operation of a traffic light along the restricted access road segment based upon the current location of the first client device being within a threshold distance of the traffic light.

A system of providing users with access to a route for traveling, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
• receive, from a first client device of a first user, a request for a route corresponding to a starting location and an ending location;
• query a route database to identify an entry indicating that a restricted access road segment with a traffic light alteration capability exists between the starting location and the ending location;
• receive, from a second client device of a second user, a second request for a second route corresponding to the restricted access road segment;
• based upon (i) a determination that allowance of one of the first user or the second user to use the restricted access road segment would not exceed an allowed allocation threshold, and (ii) a determination that allowance of both the first user and the second user to use the restricted access road segment would exceed the allowed allocation threshold:
• assign a first score to the first user;
• and
• assign a second score to the second user;
• authorize the first user to use the restricted access road segment with the traffic light alteration capability based upon the first user submitting a method of payment for access to the traffic light alteration capability;
• and
• responsive to successfully authorizing the first user to use the restricted access road segment with the traffic light alteration capability and determining that the first score of the first user exceeds the second score of the second user:
• provide the route, comprising the restricted access road segment with the traffic light alteration capability, to the first client device but not the second client device;
• maintain a current location of the first client device;
• and
• alter operation of a traffic light along the restricted access road segment based upon the current location of the first client device being within a threshold distance of the traffic light.