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traffic engineering

noun

  1. a branch of civil engineering concerned with the design and construction of streets and roads that will best facilitate traffic movement.


traffic engineering

noun

  1. a discipline which includes the design of highways and pedestrian ways, the study and application of traffic statistics, and the environmental aspects of the transportation of goods and people
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • traffic engineer noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of traffic engineering1

First recorded in 1930–35
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The bottleneck on Interstate 15 started just south of Primm on the Nevada side of the border and added about an hour to the drive from Las Vegas to Ontario, Calif., said Carmen Perkins, a traffic engineering technician for the commission.

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However, they did not disclose any traffic engineering studies justifying the speed limit reduction.

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Michael L. Paylor, Montgomery County’s chief of traffic engineering and operations, said the county’s traffic management system has been automatically adjusting the timing of green and red lights to keep pace with changing commute volumes.

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After serving briefly in the Army, he went to work monitoring traffic volume at intersections for the Philadelphia Bureau of Traffic Engineering, during which time he joined AFSCME.

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The traffic engineering department ordered 200 of the panhandling signs.

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