The global smart highway market is expected to be valued at US$14.670 billion in 2017 and is projected to reach US$40.607 billion by 2023 exhibiting a CAGR of 18.49% during the forecast period. This market will witness a high growth in the next five years owing to the rise in the demand for intelligent traffic management system. Advancement in the computer related technologies have added to the improvement in the transport sector. Day to day rise in population and increasing fatal accidents has led to the construction of smart highways across the globe. Also growing traffic congestion which is a big issue and blocked roads resulting from heavy hailstorms, and landslides in hilly areas increase the possibility of accidents leading to high loss of lives and property. The integrated smart systems use digital sensors which can acquire and record data in a landslide, poor weather conditions, and traffic congestions and can display forecasts and alerts on LED screens across the highway. Construction of smart highways has paved the way for a more efficient and sustainable road transport system with a significant decrease in pollution. The key opportunities of the smart highway market are the deployment of advanced technologies, increasing government schemes for raising funds and decent law enforcement, and tremendous funding by different organizations in infrastructure expansion. Smart highways include pavements for photovoltaic cells which will reduce the consumption of power from the conventional sources. The power produced by these solar cells will help in highway lighting, power supply to the public conveniences and toll booths.
On the basis of technology, smart highway market is segmented as smart transport management system, smart traffic management system, smart communication system, and smart monitoring system. Increase in population and the need for constructing robust and intelligent transportation system has led to the evolution of smart highways. Electronic toll collection along with lane departure warning and automatic number plate recognition is the latest technological advancements which have catalyzed the growth of smart highway networks across the globe.
Smart highway market is highly competitive due to the presence of well diversified international, regional, and local players. However, some big international players dominate the market share owing to the enormous investments being made, and their brand image and market reach. With high market growth rate and increase in demand, this sector is attracting more players to enter the market resulting in a more competitive smart highway market. Competitive landscape provides with the strategy and investment details in order to boost up their presence.
Some of the key players of smart highway market included in the report are Oizom Instruments Pvt. Ltd., Siemens AG, Swarco AG, Efftronics Systems Pvt. Ltd., Traffic Technology Services, Intelligent Highway Solutions, Inc., and Power Electronics among others.