An ongoing challenge worldwide has been to attract sufficient numbers of new people into
transportation careers. When trying to understand what transportation engineering is about,
many people often find that examples of practical applications are particularly useful. In this
way, people acquire initial interest in a problem and then realize its real-world application to
a career in transportation. Recently, funds donated to the University of Canterbury in New
Zealand were used to develop an interactive transportation display board for both existing …

An ongoing challenge worldwide has been the need to attract sufficient numbers of new
people into transportation careers. In trying to explain what transportation engineering is
about, many people often find that examples of practical applications are particularly useful.
In this way, people can become interested in the problem at hand first and then realize their
real-world applications in transportation careers. Recently some funds donated to the Civil
and Natural Resources Engineering Dept at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand …