Abstract: A computer-implemented method, apparatus are provided for controlling the availability of start-time deferment of a pre-booked vehicle journey.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, apparatus are provided configured for: storing at least one vehicle requirement in the form of at least one respective vehicle request including at least a respective start time; for a first of said at least one vehicle requests, automatically determining whether the first vehicle request is associated with a start time deferment option; automatically determining that a current time has a first predetermined relationship with respect to an allocation time of the first vehicle request, wherein the first predetermined relationship is dependent on at least one current traffic parameter accessible by a networked vehicle resource management system; in response to determining that a current time has a first predetermined relationship with respect to an allocation time of the first vehicle request, generating a start time deferment option notification; and outputting the start time deferment option notification to a requester device.