traffic engineering
noun
a branch of civil engineering concerned with the design and construction of streets and roads that will best facilitate traffic movement.
Origin of traffic engineering
First recorded in 1930–35
OTHER WORDS FROM traffic engineering
traffic engineer, nounWords nearby traffic engineering
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traffic jam,
traffic light,
traffic manager,
traffic pattern
British Dictionary definitions for traffic engineering
traffic engineering
noun
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