Abstract: A method for operating a transportation system including a plurality of vehicle platoons, where each vehicle platoon has a lead vehicle and a plurality of vehicles following the lead vehicle. The method includes the steps of controlling the vehicle platoons by means of a control system, driving the vehicle platoons one after the other along a road according to a predetermined route, and controlling the vehicle platoons such that the vehicle platoons pass a vehicle station with a predetermined frequency.

Abstract: A method for sorting vehicles of vehicle platoon includes providing a first vehicle platoon driving along a first route and a second vehicle platoon driving along a second route, where the first vehicle platoon has a lead vehicle and a plurality of following vehicles and the second vehicle platoon has a lead vehicle and a plurality of following vehicles. The method selects a road segment in common to the first route and the second route, and controls at least one following vehicle of the first vehicle platoon to leave the first vehicle platoon and join the second vehicle platoon, and/or controls at least one following vehicle of the second vehicle platoon to leave the second vehicle platoon and join the first vehicle platoon, while driving the first vehicle platoon and the second vehicle platoon along said road segment.

Abstract: A method for operating a transportation system including a first vehicle platoon and a second vehicle platoon, each having a lead vehicle and a plurality of vehicles following the lead vehicle. The method includes the steps of controlling the first vehicle platoon and the second vehicle platoon by means of a control system, driving the first vehicle platoon in a first lane of a road and the second vehicle platoon in a second lane of the road, where the road comprises a bottleneck section where the first lane and the second lane merge into a single lane, and controlling the first vehicle platoon and the second vehicle platoon such that the first vehicle platoon and the second vehicle platoon are synchronized before reaching the bottleneck section enabling the first vehicle platoon and the second vehicle platoon to enter the single lane one after the other.

Abstract: A method for driving a vehicle platoon having a lead vehicle and vehicles following the lead vehicle. The method includes providing first and second modes for driving the lead vehicle, by using a first brake map for the first mode and a second brake map for the second mode for braking the lead vehicle, the first brake map gives a lower brake force on the lead vehicle than the second brake map for equal brake requests; and/or by using a first acceleration map for the first mode and a second acceleration map for the second mode for accelerating the lead vehicle, wherein the first acceleration map gives a lower traction force on the lead vehicle than the second acceleration map for equal acceleration requests, and shifting from the first mode to the second mode when an operator of the lead vehicle has performed a predetermined driving action.