traffic engineering

noun

: engineering dealing with the design of streets and control of traffic

traffic engineer noun

Examples of traffic engineering in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 That information is meshed with more data about infrastructure projects, weather, and transit and traffic engineering. —

Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024 Students had the chance to ride to school with members of the city’s police, traffic engineering department and even Star Wars characters. —

Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register, 8 May 2024 Rothenberg says Google collaborated with traffic engineering faculty at Israel’s Technion university and UC Berkeley on Green Light, whose users also include Haifa, Budapest, Abu Dhabi, and Bali. —

Paresh Dave, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for traffic engineering

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Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of traffic engineering was in 1908

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“Traffic engineering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20engineering. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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