Traffic Engineering is a branch of engineering that applies technology, science and human factors to the planning, design, operations and management of roads, streets, bikeways, highways, their networks, terminals and abutting lands.

The three functional areas within traffic engineering are:

Traffic Operations
Traffic Operations uses analysis, review, and application of traffic tools and data system, including crash and surveillance records as well as volume and other data gathering techniques necessary for traffic planning.

Traffic Design
Traffic Design consists of the design of traffic control devices and roadway operational design. Operational design concerns the visible features of a roadway dealing with such roadway elements as cross sections, curvature, sight distance, channelization and clearances. Operational design depends directly on the characteristics of traffic flow.

Traffic Planning
Traffic Planning includes the determination of personal and freight travel patterns on the basis of engineering analysis of the traffic and demographic characteristics of present, future and potential land use plans.

Transportation/Traffic Planning Studies (TPS)
• For TPS general guidelines; Click here
• For TPS example plan; Click here

Cape Coral Downtown Traffic Study Reports
• For Engineering Consultant's Final Report dated April 27, 2007; Click here
• For Engineering Consultant's Final Report Appendicies dated April 27, 2007; Click here

Traffic Impact Study (TIS)
• For TIS review process flow chart; Click here
• For TIS methodology meeting check list form; Click here
• For TIS City's traffic engineering section basic requirements; Click here
• For TIS access review process flow chart; click here
• For General Guidelines re TIS inquiry data and Area's Traffic Engineering Studies, Click here

Maintenance of Traffic in Work Zones (MOT)
• For MOT City's traffic engineering section basic requirements; Click here

School Speed Zones and Related Elements
• For Basic Traffic Engineering Technical Guidelines for Recommending a School Speed Zone and-or Its Relevant Elements; Click here
• For Guidelines Re the Installation of Traffic Signal Flashers by Schools; Click here

Traffic Control Devices Review & Traffic Signals Early Installation Process
• For Requesting a Traffic Control Device Process Flow Chart; Click here
• For Traffic Signals Early Installation Process; Click here

Traffic Engineering Section Major Projects
• For the CRA and Surrounding area Traffic Engineering Study; Click here
• For CRA Traffic Study Consultant Presentation (second workshop) to the Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting on November 13, 2006; Click here

Traffic Volume Data
• For the 2006 traffic volume counts; Click here
• For the 2006 City of Cape Coral roadway system LOS; Click here
• For the 2007 traffic volume counts and roadway system LOS; Click here

City Street Lighting
• For Traffic Engineering Basic Technical Criteria for Lighting on City Public Ways; Click here

Visibility Triangles
• For the City's Traffic Engineering Section recommended visibility triangles; Click here

Bike - Ways
• For the City's Criteria for Planning and Design of Bike-Ways; Click here
• For Basic City's Traffic Engineering Section Technical Requirements Re Bike Path Design on City Streets ROW, Click here

Driveways, Alleys, and Access points
• For Recommended Traffic Engineering Basic Technical Guidelines Regarding Driveways, Alleys, and Access points; Click here

Crosswalks at Un-Controlled Intersections
• For Traffic Engineering Technical Criterion to Establish CrossWalks at Uncontrolled Roadway Locations; Click here

Traffic Engineering Section Forms
• Work Order Form; Click here
• Study Report Form; Click here

Median Curbing on City Streets
• Basic City of Cape Coral Traffic Engineering Section Technical Requirements for median curbing on City Streets ROW; Click here

Special Need Signs
• City of Cape Coral Traffic Engineering Section Special Need Signs Installation Criteria; Click here

Statistical Data
• For The Growth in Residential Street Lighting Requests; Click here
• For The Growth in Developments Maintenance of Traffic Review Requests; Click here
• For The Growth in City's Traffic Crash Data; Click here

Signing and Striping Process on City Streets
• For signing and pavement marking City's Traffic Engineering Section guidelines; Click here