Traffic Engineering
Traffic Engineering is the subdiscipline of transportation engineering that addresses the planning, design and operation of streets and highways, their networks, adjacent land uses and interaction with other modes of transportation and their terminals. ITE provides a wide variety of tools and training materials that address traffic engineering.
ITE Publications
- Guide to Vertical Deflection Speed Reduction Techniques
- Preemption of Traffic Signals Near Railroad Grade Crossings, Second Edition
- Guidelines for Determining Traffic Signal Change and Clearance Intervals
- Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares – Paperback | Electronic
- Guidelines for the Design and Application of Speed Humps and Table
- ITS ePrimer
- Lines, Signs, Signals. What Do People Really Know and Do?
- Manual of Transportation Engineering Studies, 2nd Edition
- Self-Enforcing Roadways: A Guidance Report
- Sight Triangle & Corner Clearance Policies at Intersections and Driveways
- Traffic Calming ePrimer
- Traffic Engineering Handbook, 7 th Edition
- Unsignalized Intersection Improvement Guide
Professional Development Offerings on Traffic Engineering
- Introduction to Traffic Engineering Studies
- Managing Speed: Self-Enforcing Roadway Concepts - ITE Community
- PTOE Refresher Course
- Roundabout and Construction Web seminar - ITE Community
- Traffic Calming – What has Changed in the Last 20 Years
ITE Committees/Councils
- ITE Joint Rail Grade Crossing Standing Committee
- ITE Roundabout Standing Committee
- ITE Traffic Engineering Council
Professional Traffic Operations Engineer Certification
Certification as a Professional Traffic Operations Engineer® (PTOE) is a powerful demonstration of requisite knowledge, skill and ability in the specialized application of traffic operations engineering. The certification process, which has been adopted for professional traffic operations engineers, requires that the holder be a licensed professional engineer if he or she practices in the United States, Canada or any other country that provides governmental licensing of engineers. More information about the PTOE certification can be found here.
Other Resources
- Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers Primer on Traffic Calming
- Design and Engineering Pedestrian-Bicycle Information Center
- ITE Accessible Intersections
- ITE Rail Grade Crossing
- ITE Traffic Calming
- ITE Trip Generation and Parking Generation
- MUTCD Web site
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