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Commission backs staff signal recommendations, including new signal at Packers & Schliman after school‑crossing finding
Summary
After staff presentations on signal warrants, the commission unanimously approved four signal-priority recommendations. Staff recommended installing a signal at Packers & Schliman because the intersection meets a school-crossing warrant despite not meeting ordinary vehicle-volume warrants; commissioners debated the limits of MUTCD warrants and urged engineering judgment.
The Madison Transportation Commission unanimously approved staff recommendations on four intersections on March 18, endorsing installation of a traffic signal at Packers & Schliman based in part on a school-crossing warrant.
Traffic engineers presented a two-meeting study of the city's signal-priority list and gave detailed findings for four locations. Jerry Ship, traffic engineer for the City of Madison, told the commission that Packers & Schliman does not meet the conventional vehicle-volume signal warrants (1A/1B) but does meet the school-crossing warrant (warrant 5) because engineers observed more than 20 children crossing in an hour at peak times…
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