Transportation engineers plan and design:
- new solutions to provide safe, efficient and value-for-money transportation systems
- schemes to facilitate walking, cycling and sustainable transportation
- traffic-calming and environmental improvement schemes
- traffic signal control systems
- road safety improvements
- campaigns for safe routes to school, rural transportation and non-car based travel
They also ensure that new developments provide properly for transportation links.
Highway engineers:
- design local road schemes
- maintain the road network
- plan and supervise a wide range of projects within budget
- prepare contract documents
- supervise sites
- manage construction teams
- put into effect highway designs
- work in materials laboratories
- design and maintain bridges and structures