Patent ID: 8255146

Claim:
A roadway traffic management system comprising: a time slot scheduling module wherein said time slot scheduling module enables scheduling a travel time slot for said motorist in a desired roadway; a motorist tracking module wherein said motorist tracking module enables tracking of said motorist to check if said motorist is traveling in said roadway in said time slot; a motorist communication module that enables said motorist to communicate with said time slot scheduling module, to send and receive time slot scheduling messages, and other broadcast informational messages; a traffic load calculation module to calculate traffic load at a given point in time of any desired roadway that implements said traffic management system, wherein input to said traffic load calculation module is derived from said motorist tracking module; and a route calculation module to calculate travel routes in said time slots for said motorists based on data from said traffic load calculation module; and a motorist reward module wherein said motorist reward module rewards said motorist for traveling in said time slot.