Civil Engineering Technology Students Driven to Visit Traffic Operations Centre

Professor Udai Hassein, Ph.D, P.Eng, coordinated third-year students from the Civil Engineering Technology, CIVL-365 Transportation course, to visit the Traffic Operations Centre (TOC) — the City of Toronto’s transportation network hub.

During their visit to the traffic engineering management center, the students benefited from several real-world experiences that helped them better understand transportation and traffic engineering concepts. By seeing the operations and technologies used in the centre, they gained a deeper appreciation for the complex systems involved in managing traffic flow.

While at the centre, they also had the opportunity to network with transportation and traffic engineering professionals. This allowed the students to build relationships and gain insight into potential career paths they may want to pursue.

The visit challenged the students to think critically about transportation and traffic engineering issues and to apply their classroom knowledge to real-world situations. By doing so, they were able to improve their retention of the concepts taught in the classroom.

Overall, the visit to the traffic engineering management centre provided them a valuable learning experience beyond what they could learn in the classroom alone. It allowed the students to gain practical knowledge and a deeper understanding of transportation and traffic engineering concepts and helped them make informed decisions about their future educational and career goals.