Smart roads market and brief assessment up to 2027
Smart roads include deployment of various sensors for safety, security, and communication purposes. These technologies are designed to help drivers and riders have safe journies. Growing urbanisation and the need for safe roads are some of the major driving factors behind the growth of the smart road system market. Among the regions, North America is expected to lead the smart roads market during the forecast period.
The market is divided into
- technology
- services
- deployments
- displays
- geographies.
Intelligent traffic management systems, intelligent transportation management systems, communication systems, and monitoring systems are the different types of technology. An automatic number plate recognition system (ANPR), a technology lane departure warning system (LDW), an incident detection system, as well as a radio frequency identification system (RFID), make up the intelligent traffic management system. Maintenance, consultancy, and operation services, as well as managed services, are all available. Digital signage, variable message signs, and other displays are among the options. On-premise and on-cloud deployments are separated further.
The smart roads technology market is classified into North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, and the remainder of the world. North America is highest in the overall smart parkway market rankings in view of innovative upgrades in the smart street business. A significant number of projects associated with improvement of street hardware can be found in the United States and Canada. These countries put a high priority on street security. The Asia Pacific region has emerged as the fastest developing smart street market, with nations like China and Japan widely occupied with different endeavors for street wellbeing.
Highly competitive, the smart roads market appears fragmented due to the presence of several well-established players. Players leading the global smart roads market include Kapsch AG (Austria), Alcatel Lucent (France), Indra Sistemas, SA (Madrid), Siemens AG (Germany), LG CNS (South Korea), Cisco (US), Xerox Corporation (US), Kapsch TrafficCom (Austria), and Huawei (China), among others.
[edit] Related articles on Designing Buildings
- CarTube.
- Design standards for road development and improvement schemes.
- Designing smart cities.
- Five great things about civil engineering.
- How to connect unconnected vehicles.
- Hyperloop One.
- Infrastructure.
- Motorway.
- Platooning.
- Rapid Engineering Model REM.
- Road construction.
- Road traffic management.
- Smart construction.
- Smart motorways procurement plan.
- Smart technology.
- The future of transport in the UK.
- Transport mobility and the magic map.
- Types of road and street.
- Vision and validate: a third way in designing the roads of the future.
- What are smart motorways and how do they work?
Featured articles and news
Solar generation in the historic environment
Success requires understanding each site in detail.
Level 6 Design, Construction and Management BSc
CIOB launches first-ever degree programme to develop the next generation of construction leaders.
Open for business as of April, with its 2026 prospectus and new pipeline of housing schemes.
The operational value of workforce health
Keeping projects moving. Incorporating unplanned absence and the importance of health, in operations.
A carbon case for indigenous slate
UK slate can offer clear embodied carbon advantages.
Costs and insolvencies mount for SMEs, despite growth
Construction sector under insolvency and wage bill pressure in part linked to National Insurance, says report.
The place for vitrified clay pipes in modern infrastructure
Why vitrified clay pipes are reclaiming their role in built projects.
Research by construction PR consultancy LMC published.
Roles and responsibilities of domestic clients
ACA Safety in Construction guide for domestic clients.
Fire door compliance in UK commercial buildings
Architect and manufacturer gives their low down.
Plumbing and heating for sustainability in new properties
Technical Engineer runs through changes in regulations, innovations in materials, and product systems.
Awareness of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
What CBAM is and what to do about it.
The new towns and strategic environmental assessments
12 locations of the New Towns Taskforce reduced to 7 within the new towns draft programme and open consultation.
Buildings that changed the future of architecture. Book review.
The Sustainability Pathfinder© Handbook
Built environment agency launches free Pathfinder© tool to help businesses progress sustainability strategies.
Government outcome to the late payment consultation, ECA reacts.





















