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Lafayette to get local smart‑signal upgrades; countywide project adds battery backup and centralized monitoring
Summary
Contra Costa Transportation Authority told Lafayette commissioners on Feb. 2 that a locally funded La Mirinda signal modernization will upgrade roughly 30 intersections inside Lafayette, while a separate countywide program will add 29 battery backups in Lafayette and a countywide monitoring platform funded largely by OBAG, SB1, Measure J and local matches.
The Lafayette Transportation & Circulation Commission heard a presentation Feb. 2 from the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) on two linked smart‑signal efforts: a La Mirinda earmark project that will upgrade local hardware in Lafayette and a larger countywide program to add battery backup, transit priority and a center‑to‑center traffic management system.
CCTA presenters said the La Mirinda project will upgrade aging controllers and cabinets, replace loop detectors with video detection, and deploy a cloud‑based advanced traffic management software to let staff monitor and manage intersections remotely. "It'll also be playing something called the advanced traffic management system. It'll allow staff to remotely access these these, intersections and manage them dynamically," one presenter said during the briefing.
Why it matters: presenters told the commission the projects aim to reduce idling, improve signal coordination and improve safety by giving staff real‑time analytics on volumes, speeds and near‑misses. CCTA said the La Mirinda…
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