uses engineering techniques to achieve the safe and efficient movement of people and goods on roadways. It focuses mainly on research for safe and efficient traffic flow, such as road geometry, sidewalks and crosswalks, cycling infrastructure, traffic signs, road surface markings and traffic lights. Traffic engineering deals with the functional part of transportation system, except the infrastructures provided.
Traffic engineering is closely associated with other disciplines:
Transport engineering ,
Pavement engineering,
Bicycle transportation engineering,
Highway engineering,
Transportation planning,
Urban planning,
Human factors engineering.Overbridges, bypass roads and flyovers are constructed to reduce the traffic problems in large cities. Other measures include using cycles whenever possible, avoiding talking over the phone while driving, give way to ambulances, and avoid overtaking.
