Kapsch TrafficCom Awarded Key Role in Barcelona’s “Pla Endreça” Urban Renewal Initiative
- New traffic lights for blind pedestrians just one of many improvements
- Plan to make public spaces in Barcelona cleaner and safer
- Kapsch TrafficCom delivers traffic management technology and services
Barcelona, Spain, November 11, 2025 – In Spring of 2025, Kapsch TrafficCom was awarded a contract as part of Barcelona City Council’s ambitious “Pla Endreça”, a modernization initiative aimed at making the city’s public spaces cleaner and more secure.
The initiative has a budget of EUR 435 million with more than 3,000 actions planned all around the city, and millions of people, citizens and visitors alike, will benefit from the improved public infrastructure.
The contract for Kapsch TrafficCom, valued at EUR 4.9 million, will be executed over two-and-a-half years and focuses on upgrading critical traffic infrastructure in four of the ten districts of Barcelona, improving traffic for more than 500,000 district inhabitants and more than 10 million tourists visiting Barcelona every year.
Juan Zamakona, General Manager of Kapsch TrafficCom Spain and Portugal, emphasizes the significance of the project: “Barcelona is taking a major step toward a smarter, safer, and more sustainable urban mobility network. Through this contract, we will be upgrading hundreds of traffic management components across four districts, including the installation of new EcoTrafix™ controllers, replacing outdated infrastructure, and improving accessibility for all pedestrians. Our long-standing expertise in traffic solutions, with over 30 years of maintenance experience in the city, positions us perfectly to deliver an efficient and future-proof system.”
The awarded contract encompasses multiple enhancements to Barcelona’s traffic management infrastructure including:
- Replacing and integrating modern traffic controllers
- Enhancing pedestrian safety with new traffic lights for blind pedestrians
- Replacing outdated wiring and implementing fiber optic communications
- Improving access control with retractable bollards
- Deploying uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems to ensure operational continuity
The company will be responsible for maintaining the intersection systems around the clock, including blind pedestrian assistance systems, access control, vehicle detection loops, priority bus systems and fire brigade corridors, among other elements.
A key component of the project is the integration of traffic controllers (the hardware that controls traffic lights) by Kapsch TrafficCom into Barcelona’s central traffic management system. Successful deployment hinges on passing compatibility tests with the city’s control center, ensuring seamless functionality and compliance with standardized protocols.
This new contract builds upon Kapsch TrafficCom’s extensive history of providing traffic management services in Barcelona. Currently, the company is also the primary contractor for the city’s northern half traffic maintenance contract, a role it has held for a total over more than 30 years.
Kapsch TrafficCom is a globally renowned provider of transportation solutions for sustainable mobility with successful projects in more than 50 countries. Innovative solutions in the areas of tolling and traffic management contribute to a healthy world without congestion.
With one-stop-shop solutions, the company covers the entire value chain of customers, from components to design and implementation to the operation of systems.
Kapsch TrafficCom, headquartered in Vienna, has subsidiaries and branches in more than 25 countries and is listed in the Prime Market segment of the Vienna Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: KTCG). In its 2024/25 financial year, more than 3,000 employees generated revenues of EUR 530 million.