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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| transport-planner | Occupational skill for the role 'transport planner' (also: road traffic planner, transport planning development engineer, development planning transport planner, traffic planner, highway and drainage engineer, traffic engineer). Use when the user asks for typical transport planner work such as: Prepare or review engineering studies or specifications.; Direct urban traffic counting programs.; Develop or test new methods or models of transportation analysis. |
Transport Planner
Transport planners develop and implement policies in order to improve transport systems, taking into account the social, environmental and economic factors. They collect and analyse traffic data using statistical modelling tools.
Core workflow
- Prepare or review engineering studies or specifications.
- Direct urban traffic counting programs.
- Develop or test new methods or models of transportation analysis.
- Define or update information such as urban boundaries or classification of roadways.
- Analyze information from traffic counting programs.
- Review development plans for transportation system effects, infrastructure requirements, or compliance with applicable transportation regulations.
- Prepare reports or recommendations on transportation planning.
- Produce environmental documents, such as environmental assessments or environmental impact statements.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
- See references/ai-skills.md — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
Key competences (essential)
- analyse environmental data
- analyse road traffic patterns
- analyse test data
- analyse transport business networks
- analyse transport studies
- analyse transportation costs
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- conduct environmental surveys
- develop urban transport studies
- environmental legislation
- environmental policy
- geographical routes
- identify statistical patterns
- interpret visual literacy
- monitor traffic flow
Hot technologies
- IBM SPSS Statistics
- SAS
- Microsoft Power BI
- Tableau
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Bentley MicroStation
- Microsoft Access
- Structured query language SQL
- Adobe InDesign
Hot technologies
Top tools from 30 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-20):
- GIS — 27 %
- Synchro — 27 %
- HCS — 23 %
- Microsoft Excel — 23 %
- Microsoft Office — 17 %
- Microsoft PowerPoint — 17 %
- ArcGIS — 13 %
- MicroStation — 13 %
- Sidra — 13 %
- VISSIM — 13 %
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/93e4e70b-aae4-4fdc-8037-e48e7077564e), ONET 30.3 (19-3099.01). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*