CE 453-6:

TRAFFIC ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT

3.00 credits, 2 hrs/week.

A.S.M. Mohaiminul Islam

Adjunct Lecturer, PU
Email: mohaiminul.buet7143@gmail.com
Mobile: 01680176049
2 Lecture 2: Overview
 Transportation Engineering as a System

 Classification of Transportation Engineering

 Scope of Traffic Engineering

 Traffic Engineering Profession

 Organization for Traffic Engineering

3 Transportation Engineering
The Application of Technological and Scientific principles to the

 Planning
 Functional Design For any Mode of Transportation in
 Operation order to provide for the
 Management

▪ Safe
▪ Rapid
▪ Comfortable
▪ Convenient Movement of People and Goods
▪ Economical
▪ Environmentally
Compatible
4 Classification of
Transportation Engineering

Transportation
Engineering

Function Mode Element

5 Classification of
Transportation Engineering

Functional Traffic Engineering

Classes Pavement Engineering

Public Transportation

Transport Planning

Transport Economic
6 Classification of
Transportation Engineering

Modal Roadways
Classes
Railways

Waterways

Airways
7 Classification of
Transportation Engineering

Elemental Drivers
Classes Vehicles
Way
Control
Terminal
Users
8 Scope of Traffic Engineering

✓ Studies of Traffic Characteristics

✓ Transportation Planning

✓ Geometric Design

✓ Traffic Operations and Control

✓ Administration
9 Traffic Engineering Profession

❖ Aim of the ‘Organizations’ for Transportation Engineers

▪ The advancement of transportation and traffic engineering

▪ The fostering of education and professional improvement

of its members

▪ The stimulation of research and the exchange of ideas

and information
10 Traffic Engineering Profession

❖ Enforcements

❖ Education

❖ Traffic Engineering Administration

11 Traffic Engineering Profession

❖ Traffic Engineering Administration

▪ To provide clear-cut lines of authority

▪ To deal with traffic engineering problems and recommending

solutions

▪ To assure smoothly functioning inter-governmental relations

12 Organization for Traffic Engineering

❖ In USA ( Example: California)

 Division of Traffic Operation
 Office of Electrical Systems
 Office of Traffic Safety Program
and Research
 Office of Data and Legal Service
 Office of Signs and Delineation
 Office of Traffic Operation
System
 Office of Highway Operations
 Office of Permits and Truck
Studies
 Office of Management Service
13 Organization for Traffic Engineering

❖ In Bangladesh
• Roads and Highway Department (RHD)

• Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)

• Metropolitan/Highway Police

• City Corporation

• Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA)

• Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC)

14 Organization for Traffic Engineering

❖ In Bangladesh
• Bangladesh Road Research Laboratory (BRRL)

• Dhaka Transport Coordination Board (DTCB)

• Accident Research Institute (ARI)

• Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA)

• Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC)

• Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh

15 Typical Functional Organization Chart

Streets
Planning
Sewers
Surveys &
Studies
City Council Public Buildings
Geometric
City Engineer or Design
Mayor Director of Traffic Engineer
Public Works Signs &
Permits & Markings
Inspection Signals &
Lighting
Utilities
Office
Administration
Others
16 Transportation and Sustainability
Concept of Sustainable Transportation System Promotes-

 A Balance between
▪ Transportation Economics

▪ Social Benefits

▪ Need to protect the Environment

17 Transportation Related Problems

People everywhere

are

DISSATISFIED
18 Emerging Transportation Technologies

INTELLIGENT
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

• Surveillance
Application of
• Communications
Advanced
• Information Processing
Technologies
• Control

To Increase the Safety and Efficiency of Transportation

System
Thank You…