Significance of Transportation Engineers in India

A civil engineer is the one who changes a desert into a garden. Civil engineering is all about finding solutions to help shape a perfect world around us. The word civil itself originates from the Latin word ‘civic’ meaning citizen. In addition to structural engineering, civil engineering spreads out to diverse domains like surveying, water resources engineering, earthquake engineering, geo-technical engineering, environmental engineering, and transportation engineering, among others.

But, what exactly is transportation engineering?

Transportation engineering is essentially the use of science and technology for organising, functioning, and managing transportation systems. The major motive of any transportation system is to make sure that the passage of people and commodities is secure, structured, swift, pleasant, suitable, inexpensive, and Eco-friendly. That’s a lot to take in. But, you may argue, ‘Is a transportation problem so tough that an engineer is needed to solve it? Can’t we just add a signal or something?’ To answer that, take the instance of a situation when needless or an excess of traffic controls are installed. The result of such situations usually doesn’t end well — with some cases being hazardous. So, the moral of the story is that transportation systems need to function with proper engineering plans. And that is where the need for transportation engineers comes.

Transportation is the key component of a nation’s progress.

In India infrastructure is growing at a rapid pace. Transportation systems need to cope with this progress. The role of a transportation engineer is to develop efficient transportation systems that fulfil these needs.

Transportation engineers:

● Could review the effect of urban development on traffic systems

● Simulate traffic in an intersection to make sure that traffic movement is smooth

● Consider developing systems to enable pedestrian movement

● Redesign existing transportation systems to accommodate more traffic

Apart from these technicalities, transportation engineers also need to study the mindset and mannerisms of transportation system users, to come up with appropriate solutions.

Astoundingly, the road network in India is the third-largest in the world. But what boggles the mind is that the traffic in India is increasing with an annual rate of 10%. Currently, India loses more than 60,000 crores a year due to traffic congestion. To reduce these losses, road networks are going through a major upgrade. 30,000 kilometres of new highway roads and 8,00,000 rural paved tracks are being added. Engineers with practical skills in transportation engineering are and will be in demand in the 21st century to help develop the nation’s transportation systems.

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