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Learning Objectives
Scope and inter-relationship of
transportation engineering other fields of
study
The transportation system as a functional
system of the society
Modes of transportation
Institutional structure
Role of civil engineering in transportation
Source: http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/fall94/p94au21.htm
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Engineering and Planning
1.4 Institutional Structure
In the United States
• Federal agencies – Under USDOT
• FHWA
• FRA
• FTA
• FAA
• State governments
• State highway departments
• State departments of transportation
• Local governments (city, county)
• Metropolitan regions
• MPOs
• COGs