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Provided by: Sustainability Ambassadors |Published on: December 18, 2023
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Synopsis
In this document, students will read the job description and learn about the responsibilities and requirements for an urban transportation planner job, including a personal account of someone in the role.
Students will learn the career path taken by the individual highlighted and the average salary, degree requirements, skills needed, and responsibilities of urban transportation planners.
This resource is a comprehensive introduction to a career many students may not be familiar with.
The story of someone who found their passion after pursuing other degrees may comfort unsure students.
Additional Prerequisites
Some students may need the terms urban, soft skills, GIS, CAD, and others defined before reading.
Students may benefit from self-reflection to know what they may be looking for in a career.
Differentiation
After reading about this career, students can research how urban planners and city planners incorporate adaptation strategies to lessen the effects of climate change on cities.
Students can discuss what aspects of this career they like and what they are looking for that urban transportation planning may not have.
The interviewee says GIS (geographic information system) is a critical tool for urban transportation planning. Students can research and practice using GIS.
Students can act like urban transportation planners and discuss what problems E-bikes may cause and some things cities could implement as solutions.
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