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Transportation Planners
Prepare studies for proposed transportation projects. Gather, compile, and analyze data. Study the use and operation of transportation systems. Develop transportation models or simulations.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Define regional or local transportation planning problems or priorities.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Participate in public meetings or hearings to explain planning proposals, to gather feedback from those affected by projects, or to achieve consensus on project designs.Mostly human for now
- 03Prepare reports or recommendations on transportation planning.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Collaborate with engineers to research, analyze, or resolve complex transportation design issues.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Recommend transportation system improvements or projects, based on economic, population, land-use, or traffic projections.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Develop computer models to address transportation planning issues.AI could speed this up a lot
- 07Analyze information related to transportation, such as land use policies, environmental impact of projects, or long-range planning needs.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Interpret data from traffic modeling software, geographic information systems, or associated databases.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Design transportation surveys to identify areas of public concern.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Collaborate with other professionals to develop sustainable transportation strategies at the local, regional, or national level.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss3%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
52%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 94% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- 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.