Patent ID: 7274306

Claim:
A traffic management method, the method comprising the steps of a) providing at least one traffic control device having; i) means to determine the location and speed of a plurality of approaching vehicles, ii) means to transmit at least a recommended speed to at least a portion of the plurality of approaching vehicles, b) providing a plurality of vehicles having; i) means to communicate with the traffic control device, ii) wherein said at least one traffic control device and at least a portion of said plurality of vehicles has a means to calculate means to determine the future position of the vehicles as they approach the traffic control device based on their speed, c) directing a first subset of the plurality of vehicles to increase speed, d) directing a second subset of the vehicles to decrease speed, e) whereby the fist and second subsets of vehicles are separated into spaced apart first and second pods of vehicles for which at least a portion of the vehicles in each pod accelerate or decelerate to approach a common speed in each pod.