The role played by traffic engineers:
- Improving mobility for all system users
- Solving real-world transportation problems
- Designing complex systems that integrate data, improve operations, and provide information to system users
- Enhancing the quality of life for all citizens
- Improving the safety of our transportation networks
Traffic engineers are employed as:
- Transportation / Traffic Engineer
- Transportation Researcher
- Project Manager
- Municipal / County / State Traffic Engineer
- Director of Transportation or Public Works
- Transportation Management Center Director
- Transit System Manager
- Transportation Planner
- Academic
Skills and analytical expertise:
- Transportation engineering
- Mathematics and statistics
- Advanced communication technologies
- Data archiving / data management
- Project management
- Technical writing
- Public relations
- Problem-solving skills
The type of projects that might be undertaken by traffice engineers and their value to communities:
- Designing accessible intersections
- Highway-rail grade crossing safety and operational issues
- Traffic signal operational improvements and enhancements
- Real-world experience with new technology
- School planning design and transportation
- Speed management
- Improved traffic control devices to enhance safety and mobility
- Developing traffic engineering tips for transportation professionals
Potential employers in the public and private sector:
- Departments of Transportation (USDOT, states, counties, municipalities
- Federal transportation agencies (FHWA, FAA, FRA, NHTSA, FTA, FMCSA, RITA)
- Transportation consulting firms
- Public and private toll road authorities
- Transit agencies and operators
- Freight and trucking companies
- Academia / research
- Transportation agencies / organizations (ITE, ASCE, AASHTO, Transportation Research Board)
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