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Transportation Engineering CEN 3030

An introduction to the engineering of transportation systems in the context of one mode: highways. The major aspects of highway engineering are covered in a framework of the highway planning and design process in the US and include: history and description of the US system of highways, its administration and finance, the planning process, alternatives evaluation, traffic engineering, traffic operations and safety, geometric design, and structural pavement design. Laboratories involve a community design project in which field studies are conducted and used in developing alternative design strategies, provided in a final design submission.
Institution: Merrimack College
School: School of Science & Engineering
Department/Program: Civil Engineering
Level: Undergraduate
Roadway safety research is taking place at this institution. See: Transportation Engineering CEN 3030