5 Application of Data Science in Transportation Systems

Rakesh K. Jain, Ashish R. Joshi, and Bharati H. Gavhane

DOI: 10.1201/9781003316671-5

5.1 Introduction to Transportation Engineering

Transportation engineering is a subset of civil engineering engaged in any nation's industrial, economical, cultural, and social development. It combines scientific fundamental and technological advancement to plan, functionally design, build, operate, and manage various transportation modes to offer the secure, proficient, rapid, accessible, and cost-effective movement of human beings and freight. The importance of transportation for a nation is comparable to the veins inside the human body. As the veins facilitate the health of humans, on the same line, ...

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