traffic engineering

noun

1. a branch of civil engineering concerned with the design and construction of streets and roads that will best facilitate traffic movement.

traffic engineering

noun

1. a discipline which includes the design of highways and pedestrian ways, the study and application of traffic statistics, and the environmental aspects of the transportation of goods and people

Other Words From

• traffic engineer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of traffic engineering¹

First recorded in 1930–35