Vehicular traffic guidance and coordination system and method

A vehicular coordination and guidance system comprising:

• plural mining vehicles;
• a communication network having transceiving circuitry;
• and
• a controller operably coupled to the communication network and configured to determine tasks to be completed by the plural mining vehicles in a transportation network formed by plural interconnected routes in order to complete an objective, the controller also configured to allocate the tasks to be completed by the mining vehicles in the transportation network among the mining vehicles and to determine sets of one or more allowable areas of movement, speeds, turns, or directions of movement for the mining vehicles based at least in part on allocation of the tasks, the sets of one or more allowable areas of movement, speeds, turns, or directions of movement dictating one or more plural different allowable areas of movement, speeds, turns, or directions of movement that the mining vehicles are allowed to perform in order to complete the task or the tasks allocated to the mining vehicles, wherein the sets of one or more allowable areas of movement, speeds, turns, or directions of movement are determined such that the mining vehicles are scheduled to complete the tasks and complete the objective without two or more of the mining vehicles colliding or blocking movement of each other, the controller also configured to communicate the sets of one or more allowable areas of movement, speeds, turns, or directions of movement to the mining vehicles over the communication network such that the mining vehicles are permitted to select one or more of the allowable areas of movement, speeds, turns, or directions of movement in the sets communicated to the respective mining vehicles and prohibited from performing one or more other actions during performance of the tasks allocated to the mining vehicles.