Providing dynamic routing alternatives based on determined traffic conditions

A method, comprising:

• receiving at a processor, information defining a traffic flow for each path in a traffic system, wherein the information is received in near real-time from roadside traffic monitoring devices disposed along each path and from communication devices associated with vehicles traveling along at least one path in the traffic system,
• determining, via the processor and based on the information received, a disruption in traffic flow at a point along a first path in the traffic system;
• determining, via the processor, possible exit traffic nodes along the first path and before the point of the disruption;
• determining, via the processor and based on the information received, a location and number of vehicles traveling along the first path adjacent to the point of the disruption;
• determining, via the processor and based on the disruption and the location and number of the vehicles traveling along the first path, alternative routing for presentation to the vehicles traveling along the first path, wherein the alternative routing includes instructions configured to distribute routing of the vehicles traveling along the first path from at least one exit traffic node of the determined possible exit traffic nodes around the disruption according to an optimal traffic flow for an entirety of the traffic system, wherein the alternative routing is determined without requiring a destination for the vehicles traveling along the first path;
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• sending, via the processor and across a communication network, at least one alternative route of the alternative routing to a communication device associated with a vehicle traveling along the first path, wherein the at least one alternative route is configured to be rendered by a graphical user interface of the communication device.

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a processor, information defining a traffic flow for a first path in a traffic system, wherein the information is received in near real-time from roadside traffic monitoring devices disposed along the first path;
• determining, via the processor and based on the information received, a disruption in traffic flow at a point along a first path in the traffic system;
• determining, via the processor, possible exit traffic nodes along the first path and before the point of the disruption;
• determining, via the processor and based on the information received, a location and number of vehicles traveling along the first path adjacent to the point of the disruption;
• determining, via the processor, an age and/or driving style associated with a driver of each of the vehicles traveling along the first path;
• assigning, via the processor, a first set of the vehicles traveling along the first path with drivers having similar first ages and/or driving styles to a first routing group;
• assigning, via the processor, a second set of the vehicles traveling along the first path with drivers having similar second ages and/or driving styles to a second routing group, wherein the first ages and/or driving styles are different from the second ages and/or driving styles;
• determining, via the processor, a first alternative route for presentation to the first set of vehicles in the first routing group;
• determining, via the processor, a different second alternative route for presentation to the second set of vehicles in the second routing group, wherein the first alternative route and the second alternative route are determined based on an optimized traffic flow for an entirety of the traffic system;
• sending, via the processor and across a communication network, instructions including the first alternative route to communication devices associated with the first set of vehicles in the first routing group, wherein the instructions cause graphical user interfaces of the communication devices associated with the first set of vehicles to display the first alternative route;
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• sending, via the processor and across the communication network, instructions including the second alternative route to communication devices associated with the second set of vehicles in the second routing group, wherein the instructions cause graphical user interfaces of the communication devices associated with the second set of vehicles to display the second alternative route, wherein the first and second alternative routes include different travel paths from one another.