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The Future Face of Transportation Engineering: A Career Focused on Development, Delivery, and Preservation

Explore the world of transportation engineering, where professionals analyze and improve the movement of people and goods through the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of various transportation modes. Discover the process of developing and delivering transportation projects, from identifying problem areas to construction and operations. Consider the challenges and opportunities in this evolving field, and see how a career in transportation engineering offers personal benefits, job security, and the opportunity to contribute to your community.

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The Future Face of Transportation Engineering: A Career Focused on Development, Delivery, and Preservation

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  1. Transportation Engineering Careers in the Development, Delivery, and Preservation of Transportation Projects

  2. Transportation Engineers • Analyze movement of persons and goods. • Plan, design, construct, maintain and operate various transportation modes (e.g., highway, railway, air, water, etc.). • Design traffic management systems.

  3. Transportation Projects— Development & Delivery Process

  4. Planning Find problem areas that need improvement Gather input from the public. Set the criteria for the design.

  5. Design Creates the “RECIPE” for the Project Ingredients & Instructions

  6. Construction • Follows the “recipe” from design to build the solution to the problem.

  7. Operations/MaintenanceTakes care of the structure of the system.

  8. Takes care of the users of the system using signs, signals, and striping. TRAFFIC

  9. SMALLER HIRING POOL RETIREMENTS NEW SKILL REQUIREMENTS The Perfect Stormas a Perfect Opportunity?

  10. Why do we do what we do? • SERVICE • Helping people travel safely and on time • Help Communities improve and grow • Work with people • ENJOY PROBLEM SOLVING WORK & LEARNING NEW THINGS • PERSONAL BENEFITS • Travel—a career in transportation takes you places, literally. • A Decent Wage • Job Security (We will always be moving)

  11. The Future Face of Transportation Engineering Can you picture yourself among these future Engineers?

  12. In conclusion…… • Whatever your job in transportation engineering, it’s more than a good salary and a long-term career. It’s a public service that benefits you, your children, your children’s children, everyone around you!

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