Transportation engineering is a numbers game. LOS, ADT, V/C, crash rate, K factor, lane and shoulder widths, clear zone, etc. These are the current variables of the professions values based engineering system and they mandate a bias to one set of users. Of debate was the ethical responsibility of the engineer in the decision to provide a crosswalk traversing a four lane roadway between a noted, urban public library and its parking ot directly across the street. This set against the backdrop of the death of a seven-year-old child. Many pointed out the challenges of navigating the political and social climates in which engineers operate, but few seemed comfortable defining an ethical responsibility. The problem is that while engineers may not be experts in values, they can certainly educate the public discourse as to the results of "values" based investment over time.
Whose Ethics?
ITE journal ; 85 , 3 ; 20
2015
Article (Journal)
English
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