traffic engineer
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftrafficandengineer
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traffic
noun[U]
uk/ˈtræf.ɪk/us/ˈtræf.ɪk/
the number of vehicles moving along roads, or the amount of aircraft, trains, or ships moving along ...
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engineer
noun[C]
uk/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪər/us/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪr/
a person whose job is to design or build machines, engines, or electrical equipment, or things such as roads, railways, or bridges, using ...
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(Definition oftrafficandengineerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I refer to thetrafficengineer.
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Thetrafficengineermust be a trained observer.
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I feel strongly about the problem of thetrafficengineer.
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All big cities should have atrafficengineer.
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I set out, first, to find out what atrafficengineerwas.
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The civil engineering industry welcomes the introduction of this new brother—thetrafficengineer.
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It is essential that thetrafficengineershould learn the techniques of propaganda.
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This will give us an extension of the arm of thetrafficengineer.
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When the plan has been drawn up then thetrafficengineercan go into action and make the necessary improvements.
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Thetrafficengineeris a qualified engineer who has added the science of managing and moving vehicles on the road to his other engineering qualifications.
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Thetrafficengineermust collect data on the movement of traffic and on accidents, and, having done that, he must analyse them.
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It is only in quite recent years that the name "trafficengineer"or the term"traffic engineering" have come to be used.
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But when atrafficengineerlooks at the place where the halt sign is sited, he may easily find that resisting it may prevent accidents.
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In short, what thetrafficengineerreally does is, by observation and collection of data, to analyse a given traffic situation.
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Atrafficengineeris almost invariably a highway engineer who has this special training and extra speciality which is of the greatest value to us at the moment.
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He represents a little known kind of traffic expert to us—thetrafficengineer, trained as an engineer or as an architect, but brought up to deal with traffic problems.
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I can only hope that thetrafficengineer, if, or when, he comes, will enjoy a higher status and more authority than that rather neglected individual, the highway architect.
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The proud aim of thetrafficengineerin each of these groups of subjects is to reduce delay and congestion, increase the capacity of our roads and increase road safety.
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For example, in traffic analysis it is typical for atrafficengineerto perform a site visit to verify traffic counts and become familiar with traffic patterns in the area.
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