A vehicle management system includes a vehicle location system providing location
information indicative of a location of a vehicle. A integrated transportation
management tool is coupled to the vehicle location system and receives the location
information. The integrated transportation management tool initiates a course of
action in response to the location information. The course of action may include
altering at least one of speed, capacity and route of the vehicle. Passenger information
may also be used by the integrated transportation management tool to determine
the course of action. Multiple integrated transportation management tools may be
coupled by a network to provide distributed management of vehicles.