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Method and system for enabling semi-autonomous or autonomous vehicle travel includes creating dedicated travel lanes for vehicle travel, determining the location of vehicles in the dedicated travel lanes, and providing instructions to the vehicles in the dedicated travel lanes to enable them to trav

Method and system for enabling semi-autonomous or autonomous vehicle travel includes creating dedicated travel lanes for vehicle travel, determining the location of vehicles in the dedicated travel lanes, and providing instructions to the vehicles in the dedicated travel lanes to enable them to travel in a manner which maximizes speed. To determine the location of the vehicles, a vehicle travel management system may be arranged in each vehicle to determine the location of that vehicle, e.g., using a GPS-based positioning system or similar system, and which also optionally receives travel instructions which can be implemented by a vehicle control system to control the direction and speed of the vehicle. The vehicle control system can be designed to assume control of vehicle travel without requiring driving by an occupant of the vehicle and control vehicle travel based on the provided instructions.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A method for enabling semi-autonomous or autonomous vehicle travel, comprising:arranging communication systems in each vehicle to wirelessly receive instructions pertaining to travel of the vehicle;creating restricted travel lanes for vehicle travel in which vehicles equ

The invention claimed is: 1. A method for enabling semi-autonomous or autonomous vehicle travel, comprising:arranging communication systems in each vehicle to wirelessly receive instructions pertaining to travel of the vehicle;creating restricted travel lanes for vehicle travel in which vehicles equipped with the communication systems are permitted to travel;determining the location of vehicles in the restricted travel lanes using a vehicle-location determining system;deriving instructions using a processor for the vehicles to travel in the restricted travel lanes based on the location of vehicles in the restricted travel lanes as determined by the location determining system; andproviding the derived instructions to the vehicles in the restricted travel lanes via the communication systems in the vehicles to enable the vehicles to travel in the restricted lanes in a manner which maximizes speed and to enable a plurality of vehicles to travel in the same restricted travel lane with a minimum separation distance therebetween.