HIGHWAY AND RAILROAD ENGR.

Is the application of scientific principles to the planning, design, maintenance, and operation of highway projects or systems.

• Highway Engineering

• Railroad Engineering

• Civil Engineering

The most basic type of road, often found in rural areas

or as lower-level collectors.

• Two-Lane Highways

• Multilane Highways

• Divided Highways

• Undivided Highways

Serve major centers within metropolitan areas and

connect cities and towns.

• Principal Arterials

• Minor Arterials

• Major Collectors

• Minor Collectors

Provide connections between neighborhoods and link

collector roads to the principal arterial network.

• Principal Arterials

• Minor Arterials

• Major Collectors

• Minor Collectors

Offers flexible and personalized service, often replacing conventional fixed-route mass transit. Available on demand, by subscription, or shared-ride basis.

• Ridesharing

• Paratransit

• Private Vehicles

• Public Transportation

Designed for travel between areas, arterials balance mobility and accessibility, providing higher speeds and capacities compared to local roads.

• Arterial Roads

• Collector Roads

• Freeways and Expressways

• Local Roads

A * need to recognize when a highway has reached its service life

and requires improvements, modifications, or replacement with a new facility.

• Railroad Engineers

• Highway Engineers

• Railway Engineers

• Civil Engineers

The construction of a high-quality road network can stimulate economic development by attracting new industries to a region. Highway construction projects can create employment opportunities, and efficient transportation systems can reduce the costs of goods and services, making a region more attractive economically.

• Economic Development

• Supply Chain Efficiency

• Job Creation

• Social Development

Operate on grade-separated rights- of-way.

• Buses

• Rapid Transit Systems (Subways)

• Light Rail (Trolleys)

• Mass Transit

Offer increased capacity and may be divided or undivided.

• Divided Highways

• Two-Lane Highways

• Multilane Highways

• Undivided Highways