| ign="center"> | | | | design, construction, and operation of highways |
| The science of safe and efficient movement of | | | | and roads. They assess the transportation needs |
| people and transport is called transport | | | | of the public. They also study locations of high |
| engineering. Transportation engineers help in | | | | traffic volumes and high collisions for capacity and |
| designing and maintaining all types of | | | | safety. Moreover, they use civil engineering |
| transportation facilities. | | | | principles to improve the transportation system. |
| Highways and streets, mass transit systems, | | | | Railroad Engineering |
| railroads, airfields and ports and harbors are some | | | | Railway engineers take care of the design, |
| common facilities that are taken care of. | | | | construction, and operation of railroads and mass |
| Transportation engineers put into use their | | | | transit systems that use light rails or mono rails. |
| technological knowledge to a great extent. | | | | Railway engineers determine horizontal and vertical |
| Understanding of the economic, political and social | | | | alignment design of rails, station location and |
| factors in their projects is the main criterion of | | | | design, and construction cost estimating. |
| transportation engineers. Since the quality of a | | | | Port and Harbor Engineering |
| community is directly related to the quality of the | | | | Port and Harbor engineers take care of the |
| transportation system, transportation engineers | | | | design, construction, and operation of ports, |
| must work directly with urban planners. | | | | harbors and canals. |
| Some of the most common transportation jobs in | | | | Airport Engineering |
| relation to engineering are as follows: | | | | Airport engineers take care of the designing and |
| Highway Engineering | | | | construction of airports. |
| Highway engineers take care of the planning, | | | | |