ROUTING WITH TRAFFIC LIGHT INFORMATION

A method for determining the route of a vehicle includes receiving, by a vehicle controller of a host vehicle, traffic-light data, map data, and vehicle-telemetry data. Further, the method includes identifying instances of chain waiting along the plurality of routes in the predetermined area using the traffic-light data and the vehicle-telemetry data and determining the fastest route of the plurality of routes to travel from a starting point to an end point within the predetermined area using the map data, the instances of chain waiting along the plurality of routes, the vehicle-telemetry data, and the traffic-light data.