DANVILLE, CALIFORNIA — Dozens of additional traffic-detection cameras are planned for Danville intersections as the town upgrades the systems that help its traffic lights respond to conditions on the road.
Two upcoming projects call for 44 cameras, following a separate installation of 79 cameras that is already finished up.
According to the town’s Development Services report for October 20, the next Smart Signals phase includes 27 cameras at seven intersections along Danville Boulevard, San Ramon Valley Boulevard and Diablo Road. Bids opened October 13, with a construction contract award scheduled for November.
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The report describes signal-detection equipment and traffic-management upgrades. It does not announce a new camera-ticketing program.
A separate $590,400 project would add 17 detection cameras on minor-street approaches at 10 intersections. Those locations did not receive cameras on every approach during the earlier installation. Bidding is tentatively planned for early 2027, with construction that spring.
That project also includes littler things like reflective tape on signal heads, changes to stop-line placement and pedestrian signal-timing improvements.
It’s part of a larger ecosystem, too.
The Contra Costa Transportation Authority says its countywide Smart Signals program is intended to improve traffic flow, support safer crossings and give local agencies better tools to manage their roads. Depending on the location, upgrades can include detection of vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles, signal coordination, emergency-vehicle priority and battery backups.
The countywide effort covers approximately 365 intersections and has $30.8 million in funding. Those are countywide figures, rather than the budget and intersection count for Danville alone.
Camera-based detection already has a practical use for local cyclists.
As Danville explains on its bicycle-detection page, traditional magnetic sensors embedded in pavement can struggle to consistently detect bicycles. Video detection can recognize a waiting bike and request a signal change.
Much of Danville’s latest camera work is already in place. The October report says 79 cameras have been installed at 26 intersections along Sycamore Valley Road and Camino Tassajara Road. That phase includes a $1 million federal grant secured through Congressman Mark DeSaulnier.
Staff are now coordinating implementation of cloud-based traffic-management software with Econolite.
The remaining work will arrive in stages. November’s anticipated contract award is a procurement milestone, while the additional 17-camera project’s spring 2027 construction schedule remains tentative.
