Advanced Intersection Traffic Control Strategies Accommodating Autonomous Vehicles

The traffic management and control industry is about to undergo a major paradigm shift as autonomous vehicles start to enter the vehicle fleet. Autonomous vehicles will revolutionize the way we travel and will be a major, if not the major, contributor to driving the number of worldwide fatality crashes to zero. Traffic signal operations need to change to accommodate this, and priority operations can be developed that will improve service for autonomous vehicles. Priority service for autonomous vehicles can help facilitate their adoption. The time for this development is now; all the technologies are existing with only demonstration needed to transform vision to reality.