Traffic Engineering and Safety



TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND SAFETY

Traffic Engineering is a branch of civil engineering dealing with the design, operation and management of transportation facilities. Traffic operations and management are vital in traffic engineering, so that users move smoothly and efficiently on the facilities. Hence, this course will provide essential engineering knowledge in traffic engineering, which covers the fundamentals required for practitioners at the entry level to the industry. This course introduces students to applications of traffic engineering as part of civil engineering design and construction to accommodate future traffic demand. The scope of study includes the importance of traffic engineering, traffic flow elements, highway capacity analysis, traffic management and control, traffic safety, road safety audit and intersection design.