Example Sentences

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L.A.’s city traffic engineer, Sam Taylor, argued that fire and emergency personnel must have alternative road access in case other roads were blocked.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2025

As an Iowa DOT traffic engineer told USA Today in 2015, “We’re not doing it to get a chuckle. … We’re trying to change people’s behavior.”

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2024

“If this is not done, the whole purpose of the legislation will be defeated,” one traffic engineer said at the time.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2023

In the GOP primary, we endorsed Mr. Trone’s challenger, state Del. Neil Parrott, a traffic engineer.

From Washington Post • Oct. 21, 2022

“Just imagine a post-Sandy, post-Katrina or post-Andrew world where recovery funds were put to work building resilient, sustainable modern roundabouts instead of rebuilding fragile, polluting signalized intersections,” Mr. Sides, the traffic engineer, said.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2021