System and method for effecting transportation by providing passenger handoff between a plurality of elevators

A method of effecting transportation by providing handoff between a plurality of elevators in an elevator system, the elevator system being in a building, and the elevator system comprising

• a plurality of elevators including a first elevator and a second elevator,
• the plurality of elevators servicing a respective plurality of sets of floors, wherein the first elevator services a first set of the plurality of sets of floors and the second elevator services a second set of the plurality of sets of floors, wherein the first set of floors includes a first floor and a common floor and the second set of floors includes a second floor and the common floor, and
• a controller communicating over a network with a first device,
• wherein the method comprises the controller:
• receiving a request from the first device to travel from the first floor to the second floor,
• executing a first transportation directive for the plurality of elevators, which includes:
• instructing the first elevator to provide service to the first floor, and
• instructing the second elevator to provide service to the common floor.