Event-based traffic routing
AssigneeInrix, Inc.
InventorsChristopher L. Scofield, Mark Daymond
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Abstract
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for to creating an avoidance zone spatially proximate a venue, where the avoidance zone is created based upon identifying road segments where increased traffic congestion is expected due to an event at the venue. Information pertaining to the avoidance zone, such as a description of road segments to avoid and/or expected travel delays, may be provided to a route planner configured to develop vehicle routes. In this way, the route planner can take into consideration the impact of events on one or more road segments when planning a route.
Claims20
A method for traffic avoidance comprising:
- receiving information describing an event that is to occur at a venue;
- identifying one or more road segments where a degree of traffic congestion above a specified threshold is forecasted due to the event;
- and
- generating an avoidance zone spatially proximate the venue based upon at least some of the one or more identified road segments.
A system for routing a vehicle, comprising:
- a zone creation component configured to generate an avoidance zone describing one or more road segments where increased traffic congestion is forecasted due to an event at a venue;
- and
- a publication component configured to publish information pertaining to the avoidance zone to a route planner configured to generate a route for the vehicle from a starting location to an ending location.
A computer readable medium comprising processor executable instructions that when executed via a processing unit perform a method, comprising:
- receiving information describing an event that is to occur at a venue;
- identifying one or more road segments where a degree of traffic congestion above a specified threshold is forecasted due to the event;
- and
- generating an avoidance zone spatially proximate the venue based upon at least some of the one or more identified road segments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.