Bicycle & Pedestrian Coordinator

Also called: Active Transportation Planner

Plans bike lanes, trails, crosswalks, and Safe Routes to School programs.

A day in the life

Bike and pedestrian coordinators map where crashes happen, design protected bike lanes, and run events encouraging kids to walk to school. They might test-ride a new trail on launch day.

Pay over a career

Starting
$50k
Typical
$75k
High
$110k

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in planning or engineering.

Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.

Majors to look at: Urban Planning, Civil Engineering, Geography.

Outlook

Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Approximate.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Low risk for 10 years. AI maps crash data; designing streets with the community and pushing projects through stays human.

Start now, in high school

Classes: AP Human Geography, Physical education, AP Statistics.

Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3051.

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