traffic engineering

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noun (1)

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

traffic engineer noun

traffic engineer

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noun (2)

: an engineer whose training or occupation is traffic engineering

Examples of traffic engineering in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

PennDOT senior manager for traffic engineering & safety division, Sharang Malaviya, said there have been six crashes at the intersection since 2020, but Einstein's death was the most serious. — Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 18 June 2026

Supervisors directed staff to work with the developer, Serrano Associates, to conduct a supplemental traffic engineering analysis. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026

Anne Arundel County already has strong traffic engineering capacity, working on signal timing, intersection improvements, safety upgrades, and roadway maintenance, and those efforts do make a measurable difference. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026

James Moore, a USC traffic engineering expert, explained that a high volume of cars using an intersection probably means it’s been optimized for car movement — often to the detriment of buses, pedestrians and cyclists. — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1908, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for traffic engineering

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