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Madison unveils 2025 TIP scoring tool to rank street reconstruction priorities
Summary
City of Madison engineer Jose Navarro presented the 2025 iteration of the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) scoring tool, a GIS-based, multi-department dataset that assigns core scores and bonus points for safety and equity to prioritize street reconstruction projects in the capital improvement plan.
Jose Navarro, an engineer with the City of Madison Department of Transportation, on Feb. 19 presented the 2025 iteration of the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) screening and project development tool, a GIS-based scoring system that ranks street segments to help prioritize reconstruction work and capital budgeting.
Why it matters: The tool consolidates pavement condition, underground-utility condition, pedestrian and bicycle needs, transit proximity, and other datasets across departments into a single score. Commissioners and staff said the output will inform the city’s five-year capital planning for reconstruction streets and can be updated annually as departmental data improve.
How the tool works
Navarro described a two-part process: a 60-point core score from multiple criteria, plus bonus adjustments. Core categories discussed…
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