This tool was created for the City of El Paso Capital Improvements Department, Planning Division by graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania as part of the Masters of Urban Spatial Analytics Practicum. All documentation, data, and reports from the project can be found here.

El Paso Road Viewer

This tool serves to assist the Capital Improvements Department in prioritizing road repair projects by overlaying Pavement Conditions Index (PCI) scores on different layers of interest. Please use the slider and layer buttons below to adjust the information displayed on the map. Click on a segment for more details about that road. Use the search bar at the top to zoom to a specific locale.

Filter by Predicted 2021 PCI Score

PCI scores indicate the general condition of a pavement section. The index ranges from a scale of Failing (0) to Good (100). Adjust the slider to filter road segments by score range.

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Equity

The City of El Paso aggregated housing, education, accessibility, and income data to estimate comparative need throughout the city.

Congestion

Traffic congestion is estimated using self-reported 2021 jam data from a third party app, Waze.

Road Safety

Road safety is represented by the number of crashes that occurred in each area from 2019 through April 2021, according to TxDOT.

High Flood Risk

FEMA released preliminary flood maps updated for El Paso. Roads in these areas may be inundated and need more repairs during heavy rain events.