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Transportation PE Study Plan
One route through the whole Transportation hub: eight weeks for a first attempt, four weeks for a retake, and a checklist for the final days. Every week names its knowledge areas, its learning cluster, and the podcast listening that goes with it.
Eight-week first-attempt plan
| Week | Knowledge areas | Cluster | Podcast |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Area 1 — Project Management and the planning side of Area 2 — Traffic Engineering: estimating, schedules, economic analysis, trip generation and forecasts | Cluster 4 — Planning, safety & project work | Episode 1 (orientation) + Episode 5 |
| Week 2 | Area 2 — Traffic Engineering: capacity and level of service, traffic analysis, safety analysis, nonmotorized facilities | Cluster 2 — Traffic engineering & operations | Episode 3 |
| Week 3 | Area 4 — Horizontal Design and Area 5 — Vertical Design: curves, superelevation, sight distance | Cluster 1 — Geometric design | Episode 2 |
| Week 4 | Area 3 — Roadside & Cross-Section Design and Area 6 — Intersection Geometry | Cluster 1 — Geometric design | Episode 2 (relisten) + the two area overviews |
| Week 5 | Area 7 — Traffic Signals and Area 8 — Traffic Control Design | Cluster 2 — Traffic engineering & operations | Episode 3 (relisten) + the two area overviews |
| Week 6 | Area 9 — Geotechnical & Pavement: soil testing and properties, compaction and mass balance, pavement design | Cluster 3 — Pavement, geotechnical & drainage | Episode 4 |
| Week 7 | Area 10 — Drainage: rational method, culverts, inlets, pipe flow, detention, open channels | Cluster 3 — Pavement, geotechnical & drainage | Episode 4 (relisten) + the Area 10 overview |
| Week 8 | All ten areas: timed mixed practice, the mini-quiz on every area page, and a deliberate second pass over your two weakest areas | All clusters | Relisten to the episode for each weak cluster |
Four-week retake plan
A retake is not the first attempt done faster — it is a repair job aimed at the areas that actually cost the marks. Diagnose first, spend the middle weeks only where the diagnosis points, and finish under exam conditions.
Week 1 — Diagnose by area
Map your previous result onto the ten knowledge areas in the hub map. Rank the areas honestly: lost marks, slow marks, secure marks. The bottom two or three areas become the whole plan.
Week 2 — Rebuild the weak clusters
Work only the area pages your weak areas sit in: formulas, worked examples, traps box, mini-quiz, podcast overview. Do not re-read areas you already own.
Week 3 — Timed mixed practice
Mixed questions across all ten areas, against the clock — including your strong areas, so speed and accuracy there do not decay while you repair the weak ones.
Week 4 — Full simulation
One full-length timed simulation under exam conditions, a review of every miss by knowledge area, and light revision only in the final days. Preview what the simulation covers on the exam preview page.
All ten area pages
The full hub, in the order the plan uses it. Every page carries the same pattern — theory, formulas, a worked example, the traps, a podcast overview and a mini-quiz — so a study session never has to change shape.
Project Management
Estimating, schedules, economic analysis.
Area 2Traffic Engineering
Capacity, planning and safety.
Area 3Roadside & Cross-Section Design
Clear zone, barriers, cross-section elements.
Area 4Horizontal Design
Curves, sight distance, superelevation.
Area 5Vertical Design
Alignment, crest and sag sight distance.
Area 6Intersection Geometry
Sight distance, interchanges, roundabouts.
Area 7Traffic Signals
Timing, warrants, design.
Area 8Traffic Control Design
Signs, markings, temporary traffic control.
Area 9Geotechnical & Pavement
Soils, compaction, pavement design.
Area 10Drainage
Runoff, culverts, inlets, detention.
Pre-exam checklist
- Coverage: all ten knowledge areas visited at least once — no area left at zero, however small its range.
- Formulas with their conditions: for every formula you plan to use, you can state its units and when it applies — radians versus degrees, percent versus decimal, bank versus compacted volume.
- Timed practice done: at least one full timed run finished, with every miss reviewed and assigned to a knowledge area.
- Weak areas revisited: your two weakest areas re-worked after the timed run, not just re-read.
- Traps reviewed: the traps box on each area page re-read in the final week — they are the cheapest marks on the exam.
- Logistics confirmed: exam appointment, permitted references and current specification checked against the official exam information for your test date.
- Rested: new material stops in the final days; the last week is for consolidation, not discovery.