traffic engineering
noun
: engineering dealing with the design of streets and control of traffic
traffic engineer
noun
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The stretch of Midway Drive between Duke and Kemper streets had three injury collisions in 2024, placing it among 14 city roadways considered worthy of prioritizing for further traffic engineering evaluation and potential safety improvements.
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Tyler Faurot, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
The other two adults, a man in the city’s traffic engineering department and a woman who was in a wheelchair during the incident, are in stable condition, the mayor said.
—Charlotte Slovin, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
Lane closures are typically between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. daily, reported Tony Wang, city traffic engineering manager.
—Jim Drummond, Oc Register, 17 July 2025
These studies come from entirely disparate fields and have no researchers in common – one study takes a traffic engineering viewpoint, and the other looks at human safety implications.
—Laurie Winkless, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
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Tyler Faurot, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
The other two adults, a man in the city’s traffic engineering department and a woman who was in a wheelchair during the incident, are in stable condition, the mayor said.
—Charlotte Slovin, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
Lane closures are typically between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. daily, reported Tony Wang, city traffic engineering manager.
—Jim Drummond, Oc Register, 17 July 2025
These studies come from entirely disparate fields and have no researchers in common – one study takes a traffic engineering viewpoint, and the other looks at human safety implications.
—Laurie Winkless, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
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“Traffic engineering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20engineering. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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