If you're in a rush, you might feel tempted to ignore speed limits entirely. But there's a lot of thought that went into deciding those limits.

A wall of video screens allows city traffic engineers to monitor and adjust traffic signals to allow for safe and efficient transportation in Cedar Rapids. City Traffic Engineer Cari Pauli finds this ...

The way our streets are designed is killing us. A recent book details how the field of traffic engineering needs to catch up to the science. The following is an excerpt from Killed by a Traffic ...

People like Jonathan Stalls have seen it all when it comes to being a pedestrian in the United States. On his Instagram and Tiktok accounts Pedestrian Dignity, people can watch hours of footage of ...

Traffic engineering is a branch of civil engineering that uses engineering techniques to achieve the safe and efficient movement of people and goods. It focuses mainly on research and construction of ...

Nothing attracts more comments about transportation than discussing the zipper merge. Drivers either love it or hate it. However, traffic engineers agree it is the best and safest way to merge in ...

A few weeks ago, I was driving on S. Ashland Avenue near Swap-O-Rama on Chicago’s southwest side. Ashland’s four lanes feel like a highway there. Back in 2017, the Chicago Tribune identified ...

Robert Zaitooni recently took over as Stamford’s new traffic engineer. Here are some of his thoughts about the job and the city’s plans to improve travel. A: I have 34-plus years of experience in ...

Thomas Hicks, a retired traffic engineering official who was a proponent of traffic circles and raised sheep, died of organ failure Jan. 30 at Gilchrist Hospice Towson. He was 89 and lived in Towson.

The CCEE Department has an extensive transportation research program dedicated to enhancing the safety and efficiency of transportation systems. Our research is centered in the UAB Transportation ...