Traffic system

A traffic system: traffic lights

A traffic system as part of traffic engineering is a structural or technical facility that is intended to enable or facilitate smooth traffic on land ( road traffic , rail traffic ), on water and in the air. Conversely, conveyor systems are used within companies . In addition to traffic routes, the traffic facilities include the following traffic facilities:

• Interfaces also with different types of traffic ( stops , train stations , ports and airports , container terminals , park-and-ride or park-and-rail systems, car loading ramps).
• Junctions ( intersections , transfer facilities, marshalling yards )
• Control systems ( traffic signs , traffic lights , signals , (fairway) buoys and other sea ​​signs , lighthouses , lightships ).
• Signpost .
• Parking and waiting facilities ( parking lot , parking space , carport , garage , multi-storey car park , storage space).
• Special systems ( locks , lifts , bridges , tunnels , toll portals ).

In order to ensure that traffic flows smoothly, the traffic system must be efficient and safe.

See also

• Transportation
• Transport engineering
• Traffic structure

literature

• Gerd Aberle : Transport Industry. Individual economic and macroeconomic fundamentals. 3rd, revised edition. Oldenbourg, Munich et al. 2000, ISBN 3-486-25334-4 ( Woll's textbooks and handbooks for economics and social sciences ).
• Gösta B. Ihde: Transport, traffic, logistics. Macroeconomic aspects and microeconomic handling. 3rd, completely revised and expanded edition. Vahlen, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-8006-2611-X ( Vahlen's handbooks of economics and social sciences ).
• Peter Maurer: Air traffic management. Basic knowledge. 4th, revised and expanded edition. Oldenbourg, Munich et al. 2006, ISBN 3-486-58137-6 ( service management edition ).