Transport engineering

The traffic engineering (also traffic management system ) is a scientific field of Transport Sciences, which deals with the management and the organizational, technological and technical management of transport systems, particularly in public transport, addresses. (see modes of transport. ) Traffic Engineering was established in the mid-20th century in addition to construction -oriented traffic engineering and for macro-and business-oriented transport economics. Deliberated by the traffic engineering is hence in particular the transport operation technology. Here, the field exerts an interface between the various technical areas.

Tasks

The task of the traffic engineer is to make the interaction between the subsystems rolling stock, infrastructure and ways securing a mode of transport ( air transport, for example, aircraft, airfields, navigation and air traffic control) so that a specific transport task under given conditions in the whole life of a means of transport with maximum traffic safety, optimal efficiency and minimal environmental impact is met. The main focus of the traffic engineer is directed to the result of the overall system and the overall process, while the development engineer and designer primarily sub-systems and sub-processes optimized. Work, depending on the specialization traffic engineers on the various modes of transport (eg rail as systems engineer ) cut or intermodal. As a public good transport and mobility are shaped by political processes and levels and provide traffic engineers with the challenge to act at the political level (see Stuttgart21 ) and professional relationships comprehensible manner in order as part of a sustainable transport policy, transport more efficient in economic, environmental and social employ ways.

Additional work areas:

• To transport operation technology including the planning and implementation of the operation of transport. Traffic management should thus allow optimal traffic flows.
• To transport logistics include planning and executing measures and instruments to create an optimal traffic flow within the service provision process. In particular, the transport logistics company handling the traffic between different locations within a logistics network, one of the tasks of a traffic engineer.
• The task of transport planning is to ensure the optimal design of transport systems and for taking account of qualitative and quantitative requirements on the economy, efficiency and safety of transport processes for current and future generations.
• The traffic control system guarantees the safety in transport, ie a hazard and accident-free traffic flow.
• Transport telematics provides information and communications equipment serving the interests of traffic detection and thus the coordination and control, and security of transport systems.

Training

Training for the traffic engineer is usually in the context of an engineering university degree in civil engineering, of machinery (in particular the automotive and mechanical ) and the space or urban planning; each with the appropriate specialization (such as transport planning and traffic engineering ) and possibly further studies in transport.

Two exceptions are the universities TU Berlin and TU Dresden. So one undergraduate degree program Transportation (B.Sc. ) and a consecutive program planning and operation in the transport sector (M.Sc. or Dipl. -Ing. In the former, the same diploma program) is offered at the TU Berlin. The TU Dresden has existed since 1952 ( at that time as an independent University of Transportation ) of the zehnsemestrige Degree Traffic Engineering ( Dipl. -Ing. ).

In the course of the Bologna process, the course of mobility and transport the in the training for traffic engineer also occurred on other university locations bachelor's and master's degree programs, such as at the universities RWTH Aachen and TU Braunschweig ( B. / M.Sc. ) orient. In addition, there are at TU Dresden the course rail system Engineering (M.Sc. ) and at the Technical University Harburg studying logistics, infrastructure and mobility ( M.Sc.). A Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Transport Economics and Engineering ( B. / M.Sc. ) Can be occupied at the University of Wuppertal.

There is also the possibility of studying the traffic engineer now also at colleges such as the Bachelor's degree Traffic and Transport Engineering ( B.Eng.) At FH Erfurt and master's degree in Urban Mobility (Traffic Engineering ) ( M.Eng. ) To the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the TH Nuremberg. The Association of German Transport Companies also offers a list of German universities where courses of study traffic engineering are offered as well as other traffic-related courses.