Portal:Transport and traffic engineering

Transport engineering (or transportation engineering) is the science of safe and efficient movement of people and goods (transport). It is often considered a sub-discipline of civil engineering.

The design aspects of transport engineering include the sizing of transportation facilities (how many lanes or how much capacity the facility has), determining the materials and thickness used in pavement, designing the geometry (vertical and horizontal alignment) of the roadway (or track).

Operations and management involve traffic engineering, so that vehicles move smoothly on the road or track. Older techniques include signs, signals, markings, and tolling. Newer technologies involve intelligent transportation systems, including advanced traveler information systems (such as variable message signs), advanced traffic control systems (such as ramp meters), and vehicle infrastructure integration. Human factors are an aspect of transport engineering, particularly concerning driver-vehicle interface and user interface of road signs, signals, and markings.

Coursework
Transportation engineering is closely associated with other disciplines (please create new appropriate learning resources and link to them):
 * Traffic engineering (transportation) (Wikipedia)
 * Access management
 * Bicycle transportation engineering
 * Traffic calming
 * Walkability
 * Traffic Lighting and Light Pollution
 * Railroad engineering (Wikipedia)
 * Passenger rail terminology
 * Permanent way
 * Mechanical transport
 * Shinkansen
 * Maglev trains
 * Port and harbor engineering
 * Coastal engineering
 * Pilotage
 * Just-In-Time
 * Airport engineering
 * Airports, Air Traffic Control, and Airspace
 * Fire and emergency management/Airport Rescue Fire Fighter
 * If flying were like driving
 * Laws and Regulations of Air Transport
 * Transportation planning (Wikipedia)
 * Fused grid
 * Emergency pedestrian traffic movement
 * Permeability (spatial and transport planning)
 * Transportation and tourism
 * Urban planning (Wikipedia)
 * An example light pollution control ordinance
 * Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System

Additional Learning Resources

 * Fundamentals of Transportation at Wikibooks
 * Transportation Economics at Wikibooks

Research and Learning Projects

 * Compressed air kit car
 * Transport, politics and education
 * Lunar Boom Town:Tourist traffic
 * Alternate fuel fleet vehicles
 * Alternative vehicle use (scooters)