Description
Analyze and model transportation systems and projects to inform planning and operations in alignment with agency standards and policies. Prepare data-driven studies, forecasts, and cost-benefit estimates for transportation facilities and programs. Recommend modifications to streets, highways, transit, and multimodal networks to improve mobility, safety, and efficiency.
- • Present data visualizations, maps, and findings at public meetings and stakeholder briefings.
- • Review development proposals to assess traffic, multimodal, and access impacts.
- • Prepare technical reports on traffic operations, safety, demand, and performance metrics.
- • Evaluate transportation systems and control devices to identify needs for upgrades or expansion.
- • Build and calibrate transportation models to test scenarios and policy alternatives.
- • Analyze crash data to identify safety trends and recommend countermeasures.
- • Conduct traffic counts, travel time studies, and origin-destination analyses.
- • Develop GIS maps, datasets, and dashboards to support planning and decision-making.
- • Automate analytical workflows with scripts, tools, or dashboards.
- • Perform benefit-cost, lifecycle, and economic impact analyses for projects and programs.
- • Support project budgeting, scheduling, and performance tracking with data analytics.
- • Produce corridor studies and multimodal plans with actionable recommendations.
- • Recommend operational changes such as signal timing, lane reconfiguration, or access management.
- • Coordinate with contractors, developers, utilities, and agencies to gather data and align plans.
- • Review plans and studies for consistency with standards, policies, and analytical assumptions.
- • Conduct equity, environmental justice, and accessibility analyses for proposed projects.
- • Analyze environmental documents and transportation conformity to inform project decisions.
- • Monitor post-implementation performance and prepare before-and-after evaluations.
- • Support procurement by drafting scopes of work, data requirements, and evaluation criteria.
- • Estimate project costs and funding needs; support grant applications with data and narratives.
- • Assess transit ridership, reliability, and service performance; recommend improvements.
- • Evaluate pedestrian, bicycle, and micromobility conditions and treatments at a planning level.
- • Perform parking, curb management, and demand management analyses.
- • Ensure data quality through QA/QC procedures, documentation, and metadata management.
- • Prepare specifications for data collection, surveys, and technology deployments.
- • Investigate and document traffic issues reported by the public and recommend remedies.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
