Erratum for “Structuring the Content of the First Course in Transportation Engineering: Perspectives of Engineers and Educators” by Rod E. Turochy
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Volume 139, Issue 4
Table 3 of the original article contains an error created during the production process. The entries in the first column of Table 3 from that article are incorrect. The corrected table is shown below.Table 3. Results of 2009 Survey of Transportation Engineering Educators
| Topic | Mean | SD | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geometric design of highways | 4.67 | 0.81 | 1 |
| Traffic-flow characteristics | 4.49 | 0.83 | 2 |
| Description of transportation systems | 4.40 | 0.98 | 3 |
| Driver behavior | 4.33 | 0.94 | 4 |
| Highway capacity studies | 4.33 | 0.87 | 5 |
| Traffic safety | 4.28 | 0.98 | 6 |
| Traffic-control devices (also traffic signals) | 4.26 | 1.11 | 7 |
| Intersection design | 4.10 | 0.93 | 8 |
| Transportation planning | 4.05 | 1.09 | 9 |
| Land use/transportation interaction | 3.83 | 0.96 | 10 |
| Traffic impact assessment | 3.81 | 0.94 | 11 |
| Intelligent transportation systems | 3.77 | 0.81 | 12 |
| Transportation systems management | 3.65 | 0.97 | 13 |
| Statistics applied to transportation | 3.60 | 1.18 | 14 |
| Mass transit (also public transportation) | 3.53 | 1.01 | 15 |
| Evaluation techniques | 3.44 | 1.08 | 16 |
| Human-powered transportation (also pedestrian and/or bicycle issues) | 3.43 | 1.11 | 17 |
| Operational characteristics of modes | 3.42 | 1.01 | 18 |
| Economics of transportation | 3.40 | 0.90 | 19 |
| Vehicle operating characteristics (also vehicle dynamics) | 3.37 | 1.23 | 20 |
| Environmental assessment (also air and/or water pollution) | 3.17 | 1.06 | 21 |
| History and development of transportation | 3.16 | 1.23 | 22 |
| Transportation materials (also pavement design) | 3.14 | 1.21 | 23 |
| Transportation legislation (also transportation policy) | 3.10 | 1.10 | 24 |
| Maintenance of facilities | 2.79 | 1.06 | 25 |
| Pavement management | 2.65 | 1.15 | 26 |
| Earthwork operations | 2.47 | 1.20 | 27 |
| Specifications | 2.21 | 1.28 | 28 |
| Construction procedures | 2.12 | 1.03 | 29 |
| Airport planning | 2.09 | 1.09 | 30 |
| Contracting procedures | 2.02 | 1.12 | 31 |
| Ports and harbors | 1.81 | 0.98 | 32 |
| Pipelines | 1.49 | 0.88 | 33 |
| Belt conveyors | 1.26 | 0.73 | 34 |
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Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 139 • Issue 4 • October 2013
Pages: 334
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© 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jun 10, 2013
Accepted: Jun 13, 2013
Published online: Sep 16, 2013
Published in print: Oct 1, 2013
Discussion open until: Feb 16, 2014
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