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Madison transportation staff win approval to study four intersections for possible signals
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The Transportation Commission voted unanimously Dec. 3 to study four intersections — including Packers & Shlumgen and a Highway 30 ramp — using updated signal‑warrant analyses and pedestrian counts, with final recommendations due in two to three months.
The Madison Transportation Commission on Dec. 3 approved staff recommendations to conduct further study of four intersections for possible traffic signals and other safety treatments.
Transportation staff briefed the commission on the annual Traffic Signal Priority List process, explaining how requests (from residents, alder offices or staff) are added to a rolling list and screened using speed, volume and signal‑warrant criteria drawn from the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Jerry (transportation staff) said the four sites proposed for additional study this year are Packers and Shlumgen (an intersection the North–South BRT project also touches), D'Onofrio at West Town, High Crossing Boulevard at Lancaster (CityView area), and the Highway 30 westbound ramp in Fair Oaks. “We do compare [pedestrian counts] versus the PED warrant,” Jerry said, noting pedestrian thresholds are high and rare but are part of the analysis.
Bill, who moved the motion to approve the study list, told commissioners he supported the recommendation and noted that meeting a warrant “doesn't necessarily mean that a signal is the best solution” for an intersection. After discussion the commission voted by unanimous consent to add the four locations to the study program; Chair announced, “The motion is carried.”
Staff said the next step is collecting manual turning‑movement counts and conducting peak‑hour delay studies; final recommendations are expected in two to three months and could include alternatives to signals (all‑way stops, roundabouts, curb changes or other treatments). Commission members asked staff to continue tracking pedestrian access and to coordinate new studies with related corridor projects and DOT activities.
The commission’s approval authorizes staff to proceed with the data collection and analysis necessary to recommend whether any of the four intersections merit signal installation or other countermeasures.
