System for placing drivers in a priority queue and navigating the drivers to fullfill passenger requests

An apparatus comprising:

• a communication interface;
• and
• at least one processor to:
• maintain a queue of drivers for a particular area, wherein the queue specifies an order in which drivers are selected for transportation requests from the particular area;
• select a driver from the queue for a first transportation request from the particular area;
• determine a placement of the driver within the queue of drivers based on at least one characteristic of the first transportation request;
• and
• communicate an indication of the placement of the driver within the queue of drivers to a computing device associated with the driver.

At least one computer-readable non-transitory media comprising one or more instructions that when executed by at least one processor configure the at least one processor to cause the performance of operations comprising:

• maintaining a queue of drivers for a particular area, wherein the queue specifies an order in which drivers are selected for transportation requests from the particular area;
• selecting a driver from the queue for a first transportation request from the particular area;
• determining a placement of the driver within the queue of drivers based on at least one characteristic of the first transportation request;
• and
• communicating an indication of the placement of the driver within the queue of drivers to a computing device associated with the driver.