Comparative priority and target destination based lane assignment of autonomous vehicles

A system for a comparative priority and target destination based lane assignment, the system comprising:

• a storage medium, the storage medium being coupled to a processor;
• the processor configured to:
• determine a number of lanes available for lane assignment to one or more vehicles;
• receive target destination information for each of the one or more vehicles;
• receive vehicle information associated with each of the one or more vehicles, wherein the vehicle information indicates at least one of vehicle identification information, vehicle type information, or passenger information;
• determine location information for each of the one or more vehicles;
• and
• assign each of the one or more vehicles to a lane from the determined number of lanes available for lane assignment, based at least in part on the target destination information, the vehicle information, and the location information.

A computer program product for comparative priority and target destination based lane assignment, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
• determine a number of lanes available for lane assignment to one or more vehicles;
• receive target destination information for each of the one or more vehicles;
• receive vehicle information associated with each of the one or more vehicles, wherein the vehicle information indicates at least one of vehicle identification information, vehicle type information, or passenger information;
• determine location information for each of the one or more vehicles;
• and
• assign each of the one or more vehicles to a lane from the determined number of lanes available for lane assignment, based at least in part on the target destination information, the vehicle information, and the location information.