Transportation Planners
Also called: Planner, Transportation Analyst, Transportation Planner
What they do:
Prepare studies for proposed transportation projects. Gather, compile, and analyze data. Study the use and operation of transportation systems. Develop transportation models or simulations.
On the job, you would:
- Recommend transportation system improvements or projects, based on economic, population, land-use, or traffic projections.
- Define regional or local transportation planning problems or priorities.
- Participate in public meetings or hearings to explain planning proposals, to gather feedback from those affected by projects, or to achieve consensus on project designs.
Transportation
Arts and Humanities
Engineering and Technology
Math and Science
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Basic Skills
Problem Solving
People and Technology Systems
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Verbal
Ideas and Logic
Math
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People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.
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