What is Transport engineering?
[[File:Old Market Roundabout, Bristol.jpg|thumb|A [[roundabout]] in [[Bristol]].]] '''Transport engineering''' is a field of [[civil engineering]], which is about planning [[Transport system|transport systems]]. Sometimes it is also called '''transportation engineering'''. It uses [[technology]] and [[Scientific method|scientific principles]] to plan, functionally design, operate and manage facilities for any mode of transportation. It is about providing [[infrastructure]] for safe, efficient, rapid, comfortable, convenient, economical, and environmentally compatible movement of people and goods.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://civil.pcampus.edu.np/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/final-to-faculty-board-Transportation-MSc.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2024-01-13 |archive-date=2022-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816102725/http://civil.pcampus.edu.np/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/final-to-faculty-board-Transportation-MSc.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=What is Transportation Engineering?|url=https://civilengineeringbible.com/article.php?i=113|access-date=2023-11-16|website=CivilEngineeringBible.com|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> There are different subfields: * Planning and building [[Road|road systems]]. This includes the idea that different types of roads have different purposes, and are not necessarily suited for all users. * Planning and building [[railroads]]. This includes questions where to put the track, and where the stations should be. * Planning and constructing [[Waterway|waterways]]. It includes things like where to put [[port]]s or harbours, building [[canal]]s, or improving [[river]]s, * Planning and constructing [[airport]]s Transport engineering can be studied at technical universities. Usually it is a specialization of a technical domain of study, such as civil engineering, [[mechanical engineering]] or [[urban planning]]. == References == {{Reflist}} {{Wikibooks|Fundamentals of Transportation}