Method to schedule a vehicle in real-time to transport freight and passengers

A method of scheduling freight and passengers for transport using a host connected over a network to a plurality of freight terminals and a plurality of passenger terminals, said method comprising the steps of:

• receiving over the network transportation requests at the host from said plurality of freight terminals and from said plurality of passenger terminals;
• creating a route for the vehicle at the host only when a predetermined profit value based on said received transportation requests is generated;
• predicting at the host an arrival time and a departure time for each destination along said route;
• generating a route schedule at the host including said predicted arrival and departure times for each destination along said route.

A method of scheduling freight and passengers for transport using a host connected over a network to a plurality of freight terminals and a plurality of passenger terminals, said method comprising the steps of:

• receiving over the network transportation requests at said host from said plurality of freight terminals and from said plurality of passenger terminals;
• analyzing existing routes stored in memory at the host;
• modifying at the host the existing routes to accommodate said received transportation requests;
• creating new routes at the host based on said received transportation requests and said existing routes only when at least a predetermined profit value for each new route is obtained;
• predicting an arrival time and a departure time for each destination along said route;
• generating a route schedule for each new route including said predicted arrival and departure times for each destination along said route.