Asunción ATMS Smart Signals
Since 2020, Asunción's Advanced Traffic Management System has linked 169 of the city's 285 intersections with radar- and camera-equipped signals on a dedicated fiber network, built with roughly $10 million in direct municipal investment plus equipment donated by South Korea's KOICA.
🎓 Lesson
In July 2026 a city councilman said several ATMS-controlled crossings were moving traffic worse than before, and one 2023 equipment contract was awarded without competitive bidding as an emergency measure — a reminder that a networked signal system doesn't guarantee better flow.
📖 Terms in this entry: ANPR (automatic number-plate recognition) · Adaptive traffic signals · CBTC (communications-based train control)
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Asunción ATMS Smart Signals” — Asunción, Paraguay. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/asuncion-traffic-surveillance/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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