Associating passenger docking locations with destinations

An autonomous vehicle comprising:

• a processor configured to execute instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium to:
• identify transportation network information representing a vehicle transportation network, the vehicle transportation network including a primary destination, wherein identifying the transportation network information includes identifying the transportation network information such that the transportation network information includes docking location information representing a plurality of docking locations, wherein each docking location from the plurality of docking locations corresponds with a respective location in the vehicle transportation network, and such that the docking location information includes a set of docking locations from the plurality of docking locations, wherein each docking location from the set of docking locations is associated with the primary destination, and wherein a target docking location from the set of docking locations is associated with the primary destination by identifying a plurality of docking location clusters based on the set of docking locations and identifying the target docking location based on the plurality of docking location clusters,
• determine whether to use the target docking location based on the transportation network information, and
• identify a route from an origin to the target docking location in the vehicle transportation network using the transportation network information;
• and
• a trajectory controller configured to operate the autonomous vehicle to travel from the origin to the target docking location using the route.

An autonomous vehicle comprising:

• a processor configured to execute instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium to:
• identify transportation network information representing a vehicle transportation network, the vehicle transportation network including a primary destination, wherein identifying the transportation network information includes identifying the transportation network information such that the transportation network information includes docking location information representing a plurality of docking locations, wherein each docking location from the plurality of docking locations corresponds with a respective location in the vehicle transportation network, and such that the docking location information includes a set of docking locations from the plurality of docking locations, wherein each docking location from the set of docking locations is associated with the primary destination, and wherein a target docking location from the set of docking locations is associated with the primary destination by identifying a plurality of docking location clusters based on the set of docking locations and identifying the target docking location based on the plurality of docking location clusters such that a distance between the primary destination and the target docking location is minimized,
• determine whether to use the target docking location based on the transportation network information, and
• identify a route from an origin to the target docking location in the vehicle transportation network using the transportation network information;
• and
• a trajectory controller configured to operate the autonomous vehicle to travel from the origin to the target docking location using the route.