Analysis of Lane Level Dynamics for Emergency Vehicle Traversal (Extended Abstract)

Slow moving traffic in heavily populated cities, can many times result in loss of lives due to emergency vehicles not being able to reach their destination hospitals on time. In this paper, we assume the usage of inter vehicular communication to optimize the lane level dynamics for an Emergency Vehicle Agent (EVA), traversing a multi lane stretch of road in an urban traffic setting. In particular, we present the Fixed Lane Strategy (FLS) and the Best Lane Strategy (BLS) for EVA traversal. FLS is a simple strategy that acts as a good baseline while BLS is a sophisticated strategy that can adapt to varying traffic patterns.