Transport Planner
Also known as: Transportation Planner · Mobility Planner · Traffic Planner
Studies how people and goods move and plans roads, public transport and mobility projects.
What you’d do
A transport planner studies how people and goods move through a city or region and plans the roads, public transport, walking and cycling networks that serve them. Employers include transport and infrastructure consultancies, metro and city transport bodies, and research groups. Work involves traffic surveys, data analysis, modelling and writing project reports.
- Collect and analyse traffic and travel data
- Build and run travel-demand models
- Prepare mobility plans and project reports
- Assess road safety and transit options
How you get in
Freshers usually join transport or infrastructure consultancies as junior planners or analysts working on mobility plans, metro and bus studies, and road projects. A master's in transport planning or engineering is common for modelling-heavy roles.
Salary in India
Fresher salary over the years
middle of the 0–1 yr range, ₹ lakh a year
Fewer than two years of fresher data so far — the trend shows once there are two.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Traffic and travel surveys
- Data analysis in Excel and GIS
- Travel-demand modelling
- Public transport and road-safety planning
- Technical report writing
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition3
How many graduates enter each year?
B.Plan graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field3
Is it diverse?
Share of women among B.Plan graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Much work comes from metro, bus and city mobility projects.
- Modelling and data skills are increasingly asked for.
- Next roles: senior transport planner, project lead, mobility specialist.
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