Traffic Engineering
Office Life / Corporate Lingo
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Miscellaneous
100

This manual is the primary reference for traffic signal and roadway signs in the U.S.

What is the MUTCD (Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Design)

100

This platform is commonly used for virtual meetings and messaging

What is Teams?

100

This landmark was a gift from France

What is the Statue of Liberty?

100

The WONDERFUL 131 Traffic Unit Lead who has a son that works in the same office AND unit

Who is John Karnowski?

200

This signal indication allows left turns after yielding to opposing traffic

What is a Flashing Yellow Arrow (FYA)?

200

This phrase refers to an easy accomplishment that requires little effort

What is "low-hanging fruit"?

200

The NBA team that won the championship for the first time in 53 years

Who are the New York Knicks?

200

The movie genre that you are expected to share your favorite movie from during your very first Traffic Services Staff Meeting

What is Romantic Comedy (Rom-Com)?

300

This Highway Capacity Manual measure estimates average control delay experienced by vehicles

What is Level of Service (LOS)?

300

This phrase is commonly heard immediately after someone starts talking on Teams

What is "You're on mute"?

300

This famous New York intersection is formed where Broadway crosses Seventh Avenue

What is Times Square?

300

The 131 staff member who is often referred to as a "Ray of Sunshine"

Who is Bethany Judd?

400

This traffic analysis step estimates where vehicles will enter and exit the roadway network

What is trip distribution?

400

This means to make an existing process or idea more effective rather than creating something entirely new

What is optimize?

400

This famous terminal has 44 platforms, making it the largest train station in the world by number of platforms

What is Grand Central Station?

400

The number of states represented in the 131 NV5 Traffic Unit

What is 8? (FL, GA, NC, NJ, NY, CA, NM, TN)

500

This ratio is commonly used to determine how close an intersection approach is operating to its theoretical capacity

What is V/C ratio (volume to capacity ratio)?

500

This project metric measures the percentage of an employee's work hours charged directly to client projects

What is utilization?

500

This borough is the only one located entirely on the U.S. mainland

What is The Bronx?

500
One of the states that John suggested for the Traffic Summit during his April Fools survey

What is (Texas, Arkansas, North Dakota, Minnesota)?