CPC G06Q 40/08 (2013.01) [G08G 1/0112 (2013.01); G08G 1/0129 (2013.01); G08G 1/0145 (2013.01); G08G 1/0962 (2013.01); G08G 1/096716 (2013.01); G08G 1/096741 (2013.01); G08G 1/096775 (2013.01); G08G 1/096816 (2013.01); G08G 1/096838 (2013.01); G08G 1/20 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
determining, by a computing device, an evaluation group of vehicles for which to optimize one or more traffic characteristics;
determining vehicles, of the evaluation group, currently operating in an autonomous mode;
determining a target number of vehicles, of the evaluation group, for operating in the autonomous mode to optimize the one or more traffic characteristics;
based on the target number of vehicles, selecting one or more vehicles, of the vehicles currently operating in the autonomous mode, to switch from the autonomous mode to a non-autonomous mode; and
causing at least one vehicle of the selected one or more vehicles to switch from the autonomous mode to the non-autonomous mode.
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