traffic engineering
noun
: engineering dealing with the design of streets and control of traffic
traffic engineer
noun
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Lane closures are typically between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. daily, reported Tony Wang, city traffic engineering manager.
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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
Still, traffic remains a legitimate quality of life issue for many, and the involvement of a company as influential as Google raises the profile of traffic engineering.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2024
Public safety, which includes fire and fire-medical, police, road preservation, traffic engineering and sanitation would all be impacted by staff reductions; adversely impacting our safe city status.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
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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
Still, traffic remains a legitimate quality of life issue for many, and the involvement of a company as influential as Google raises the profile of traffic engineering.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2024
Public safety, which includes fire and fire-medical, police, road preservation, traffic engineering and sanitation would all be impacted by staff reductions; adversely impacting our safe city status.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
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“Traffic engineering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20engineering. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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