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Traffic safety planning involves integrating safety into an agency's planning documents and processes, and working in collaboration with public and private stakeholders to implement safety plans. Key focus ares include measuring and recovering safety data, systemic safety issues, contributing crash factors, and human behaviors associated with safety risk.

Senior Level Occupations

Typical Education and Certification Requirements

Master's degree in Planning

Highway Safety Planner

Job Description: A Highway Safety Planner participates in safety plan development and implementation, cooperates on Statewide or regional safety-related committees such as emphasis area teams, to discuss and collaborate on safety issues, crash data collection and management, and data analysis tools, such as geographic information system (GIS) crash mapping.
Hiring Demand: Low
Typical Salary: $70,956 - $91,827
Minimum Years Experience Required: 5
Education & Work Experience:
  • Master's degree in Planning
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Mid Level Occupations

Typical Education and Certification Requirements

Bachelor's degree accepted for a majority of positionsAn advanced graduate degree is preferred for some senior positionsA combination of education and work experience is generally accepted

Traffic Safety Planner

Job Description: A Traffic Safety Planner is responsible for integrating safety into an agency's planning documents and processes and for working collaboratively with stakeholders to implement safety plans.
Hiring Demand: Low
Typical Salary: $71,490 - $79,370
Minimum Years Experience Required: 1-6
Education & Work Experience:
  • Bachelor's degree accepted for a majority of positions
  • An advanced graduate degree is preferred for some senior positions
  • A combination of education and work experience is generally accepted
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Entry Level Occupations

Typical Education and Certification Requirements

Associate's degree with coursework in CAD, design, GIS, engineering, statistics, or mathematics

Planning Aide

Job Description: A Planning Aide participates in and supports team planning efforts, prepares reports using statistics, charts, and graphs, researches, compiles, analyzes, and organizes information from maps, reports, investigations, and books for use in reports and special projects.
Hiring Demand: Moderate
Typical Salary: $46,000
Minimum Years Experience Required: 0.5-2
Education & Work Experience:
  • Associate's degree with coursework in CAD, design, GIS, engineering, statistics, or mathematics
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