Plans bus routes, rail lines, bike networks, and roads so people can get around.
You analyze where riders get on and off buses, then redesign a route map that gets more people to jobs in under 30 minutes. You test it with community groups before it launches.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Bachelor's in planning, geography, or civil engineering; master's is common.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Urban Planning, Civil Engineering, Geography.
Growing about average. Strong with federal transit and infrastructure funding.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI models traffic and ridership quickly; weighing tradeoffs and winning public support stays human.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Human Geography, Government.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3051.
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