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The responsibility of the Traffic Engineering Division is to provide for the safe and efficient movement of persons and goods in the City of El Paso. The division provides for traffic engineering design, operation and maintenance of the Traffic Management Center, and transportation planning.

The Traffic Engineering Division is separated into three core sections, Traffic Design Division, Transportation Management Center (TMC) and Transportation Planning Division.

Traffic Design Division
The Traffic Design Division is responsible for various traffic engineering functions including traffic signals, school flashers, plan preparation, geometric design, traffic engineering studies, field investigations and subdivision plats. Also oversees the review of zoning cases and the review and preparation of traffic control pans and roadway illumination.

Transportation Management Center
The TMC oversees the operation of the City’s Transportation Management Center Computerized Signal System. The system includes the signal timing and coordination for approximately 500 traffic signals. Also includes remote operations form the Management Center in City Hall for 260 of these signals with the ability to expand the system fro all signals within the city.

Transportation Planning Division
The City Council adopted a new Neighborhood Traffic Management Program targeting solutions to residential traffic concerns while simultaneously providing opportunities to enhance neighborhood livability and aesthetics. The compilation of several community meetings and research from national best practices have created a comprehensive and customized program designed to address objectives to include:

• improving unsafe conditions
• incorporating community preferences into design and operation of neighborhood streets
• providing a program that is responsive to all neighborhoods
• providing protection and relief from disproportionate increases in traffic

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