The US software company Trafficware Group has received a contract to modernise the central traffic management system that manages the large transportation network of Houston, in Texas, the US.

Based in Sugar Land, which is located in the greater Houston metropolitan region, the software company has secured the Houston city project following a competitive bid.

Under the terms of the deal, Trafficware will have to replace all 2,500 intersections of the transportation network with the company’s technologically upgraded Patriot V76 traffic control software.

"Being able to deploy industry-leading solutions in the City of Houston, on roads where our families, friends and co-workers drive every day, makes this project all the more significant."

Trafficware will also have to deploy its modern and advanced transportation management platform, ATMS.now.

The software company will be supported by an installation team that includes local consultancy firms Taylor Traffic Solutions and Gunda Corporation.

Trafficware Group CEO Jon Newhard said: "We are honoured to have been chosen by the City of Houston to upgrade its arterial traffic infrastructure.

"The City of Houston has chosen a globally trusted expert as well as local resident to serve as its partner.

"Being able to deploy industry-leading solutions in the City of Houston, on roads where our families, friends and co-workers drive every day, makes this project all the more significant."

Trafficware’s latest ATMS.now software will enable the US city to integrate several different devices into one system, allowing it to react spontaneously to road incidents and changing traffic situations.

The technology will also help the devices communicate these traffic situations to motorists.

ATMS.now can work in line with CCTV cameras, battery backup systems, vehicle detection systems from different providers, changeable message signs (CMSs), and transit and emergency priority or preemption systems.

Trafficware will also deliver over a dozen system modules, such as emergency response, transit signal priority, centre-to-centre (C2C) and SynchroGreen adaptive signal contro.