And lagging, or prolonged delays, are not feasible for traffic signal operations.
Higher bandwidth and scalability: Denver’s previous iterations were extremely limited in terms of performance. Configuration with legacy devices for minimal downtime: To ensure continuity and avoid a major malfunction of its traffic network, the City needed next-generation technology that would comply to the load and security specifications required in today’s increasingly connected IoT traffic devices, without disrupting functions directing current traffic operations. Attention to design: There was little need for redundancy capabilities and segmentation of Denver’s old layout, meaning they needed to redesign their network from the ground up, restructuring based on the City and County’s rapidly evolving IoT device installations. Reliability, ease of use and defensibility were primary considerations during vendor selection, but also top- of-mind for Denver engineers was timelessness.For this transformation, a future-proof infrastructure meant: Project needs and challengesĬity engineers sought a solution that could expand enough to meet the needs of Denver’s quickly-and constantly-changing infrastructure. Its massive size and complexities required a highly configurable, reliable and comprehensible solution that could grow along with its network. Continued network expansion was inevitable for this large-scale project. City planners reasonably began to worry there was only a matter of time before bottlenecks and outages-or worst-case scenario, a complete crash of the system- would cause detrimental effects.Īs Denver continued to experience rapid population growth, its TCN currently consisting of more than 6,000 devices, legacy systems wouldn’t cut it. Denver’s network had already experienced dozens of failures with its existing technology, and with its main technician retiring, they had to act fast. Sitting among the top 20 most populated cities in the United States, this has been no small feat for the City and County of Denver, which began its journey to modernization after its primary devices were discontinued by its long-standing vendor. 
As one of the transportation industry’s most visible services, officials must prioritize traffic engineering and operations. While traffic divisions rely on the active prioritization and collection of information to expedite critical data transfer, higher bandwidth requirements have created issues for legacy systems.
The increasing number of high-throughput devices such as cameras have only made this more complex. Aside from maintaining outages, teams are tasked with geographic configuration, proportioning population to the number of signals, congestion mitigation, signal timing and more. Despite the public’s reliance on the organizational structure and uptime of roadway signals, many are unaware of the resources necessary to effectively manage these systems.įor any traffic control network (TCN), signal management consists of many moving parts. Traffic lights, cameras, sensors and other connections have become an integral part of society. Traffic control systems have a lot at stake, promoting the orderly movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic to not only encourage the steady flow of activity, but to preserve public safety. Despite the size and operational complexities of the Denver area, city officials can now confidently manage its current and future traffic control needs with reliable, high-performing next-generation technology.
City of denver traffic upgrade#
To address its population and infrastructure growth, the City and County of Denver, Colorado’s largest municipality, underwent an upgrade to its traffic control network.
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