Virtual barriers for reserved corridors

A system comprising one or more computers and one or more storage devices on which are stored instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations for managing movement of vehicles along roadways having virtual barriers, the operations comprising:

• sending data indicating a plurality of virtual barriers to an agent traveling on a roadway, wherein the plurality of virtual barriers separate the roadway into a first corridor of the roadway, a second corridor of the roadway, and a buffer zone between the first corridor and the second corridor, the first corridor running parallel to the second corridor on opposite sides of the plurality of virtual barriers, wherein the second corridor is a reserved corridor dedicated for agents of a target vehicle type, the target vehicle type comprising one of autonomous, semi-autonomous, or human operated;
• obtaining sensor data captured by one or more sensors installed on the roadway, wherein the sensor data characterizes a state of the agent traveling on the roadway in a direction within the first corridor;
• determining, from the sensor data, that the agent is making a lateral movement from the first corridor of the roadway into the buffer zone and towards the second corridor of the roadway to travel in the direction within the second corridor;
• determining a type of the agent, the type comprising one of autonomous, semi-autonomous, or human operated;
• determining that the type of the agent is different from the target vehicle type;
• and
• in response to (i) determining that the agent is making the lateral movement from the first corridor into the buffer zone and towards the second corridor, and (ii) determining that the type of the agent is different from the target vehicle type, before the agent enters the second corridor, sending a signal to one or more devices to cause controlling movement of the agent to move away from the second corridor of the roadway or to return back to the first corridor of the roadway, wherein the signal encoding response data that is processable by the one or more devices, the response data being dependent on the type of the agent.

A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations for managing movement of vehicles along roadways having virtual barriers, the operations comprising:

• sending data indicating a plurality of virtual barriers to an agent traveling on a roadway, wherein the plurality of virtual barriers separate the roadway into a first corridor of the roadway, a second corridor of the roadway, and a buffer zone between the first corridor and the second corridor, the first corridor running parallel to the second corridor on opposite sides of the plurality of virtual barriers, wherein the second corridor is a reserved corridor dedicated for agents of a target vehicle type, the target vehicle type comprising one of autonomous, semi-autonomous, or human operated;
• obtaining sensor data captured by one or more sensors installed on the roadway, wherein the sensor data characterizes a state of the agent traveling on the roadway in a direction within the first corridor;
• determining, from the sensor data, that the agent is making a lateral movement from the first corridor of the roadway into the buffer zone and towards the second corridor of the roadway to travel in the direction within the second corridor;
• determining a type of the agent, the type comprising one of autonomous, semi-autonomous, or human operated;
• determining that the type of the agent is different from the target vehicle type;
• and
• in response to (i) determining that the agent is making the lateral movement from the first corridor into the buffer zone and towards the second corridor, and (ii) determining that the type of the agent is different from the target vehicle type, before the agent enters the second corridor, sending a signal to one or more devices to cause controlling movement of the agent to move away from the second corridor of the roadway or to return back to the first corridor of the roadway, wherein the signal encoding response data that is processable by the one or more devices, the response data being dependent on the type of the agent.