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Transportation Commission approves 2025 Safe Streets Madison projects totaling roughly $1.1 million
Summary
The commission approved a slate of Safe Streets Madison projects for 2025 that include pedestrian crossings, rapid flashing beacons, bike-lane upgrades, speed-limit reductions and left-turn-signal improvements. Staff said the annual program implements Vision Zero goals and prioritizes locations on the high-injury network.
The Transportation Commission voted to approve a package of Safe Streets Madison projects on April 23, allocating roughly $1.1 million for citywide safety and active-transportation improvements in 2025.
Tom Moore, assistant director of traffic engineering, reviewed a long list of proposed projects and said the funding includes a $490,000 allocation for lifecycle maintenance (items such as rapid‑flashing beacons and markings that require more frequent replacement). Staff said the program prioritizes locations on the city’s high‑injury network and cross-references other projects (federal Safe Streets grants, resurfacing programs and BRT work) to avoid duplication.
The approved projects cover a range of treatments: pedestrian enhancements (high-visibility crosswalks, audible signals, detectable warning fields), three school-area and park-crossing improvements, five new rapid‑flashing beacons at intersections with pedestrian demand, several buffered or parking-protected bike-lane upgrades (including a Broom Street parking-protected lane and a planned counterflow bike lane on West Gilman), speed-limit reductions at four corridors and signal hardware upgrades to add protected left-turn phases at intersections with recurring left-turn crashes.
Tom Moore said specific high-priority candidates included Regent Street near Lafayette (missing crosswalks near a school route), an Odana Road/Midvale Road treatment to close a bike-lane gap, the Broom Street parking-protected facility between West Washington and West Main, and a University Avenue bike-lane visibility improvement between State Street and University Avenue. Staff also proposed localized measures such as islands and short geometric changes to prevent center-lane bypassing at Odana/Whitney and similar sites.
Commissioner Phil moved approval; the motion carried by unanimous consent. Staff said many of the smaller treatments will be implemented under an upcoming citywide contract and that staff will continue updating the Safe Streets spreadsheet and website with status information. The Commission asked staff to make outreach accessible for people with disabilities and to consider focused stakeholder sessions where needed.
