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RSSTraffic engineering (transportation)
Traffic engineering is a
branch of civil engineering
that uses engineering
techniques to achieve the
safe and efficient movement
of people and goods. It
focuses mainly on research
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Road-traffic safety
Road-traffic safety aims to
reduce the harm (deaths,
injuries, and property
damage) resulting from
crashes of road vehicles
traveling on public roads.
Harm from road-traffic
crashes is greater than that
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Transport
Transport or transportation
is the movement of people,
goods, signals and
information. The field of
transport has several
aspects: loosely they can be
divided into a triad of
infrastructure, vehicles,
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Energy conservation
Energy conservation is the
practice of reducing the use
of energy in order to
increase national security,
personal security, save
money, be more comfortable
and/or help clean the
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