Transportation Planner Jobs

Modern Mobility Partners, a full-service, female- and minority-owned transportation planning and traffic engineering firm founded in January 2018, is looking for a Transportation Planner with an interest in transportation and transit planning, travel demand modeling, data analysis, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping, and emerging technologies, including connected and autonomous vehicles.

This position will assist our growing firm in the preparation of transportation and transit planning studies, reports, and analyses. The candidate will have the opportunity to assist both firm co-founders and transportation planners (upon hiring) in the field of emerging technologies and autonomous vehicles readiness planning, transportation and transit planning, travel demand modeling, traffic and revenue analysis, project prioritization and performance measures, and funding/grant strategies.

The individual will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic team and perform planning and technical tasks for a variety of projects. Tasks may include but are not limited to:

• Assist with identifying challenges and opportunities and developing solutions that best meet the project needs
• Data analysis, including revenue forecasts, return on investment, post-processing of travel demand data, calculating project performance metrics, etc.
• Assist task leads on project meeting materials and communicate project activities with project managers, task leads, and team members, and with clients, as needed
• Assist senior travel demand modelers in travel demand modeling development and validation, including input files preparation, model validation, model scenario development, and model applications
• Write and edit reports under the direction of task leads or project managers
• Assist with the preparation of PowerPoint presentations under the direction of task leads or project managers
• Assist with research and studies related to transportation topics including but not limited to emerging technologies, funding, resilience, safety, equity, and economic impact
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping and analysis
• Collect, compile, review, and organize data for planning studies

Required Qualifications

• Proficiency in ArcGIS
• Master’s degree in urban planning or transportation engineering
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Travel demand modeling experience (Cube, TransCAD, and/or VISUM)
• 2-4 years of professional transportation planning experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Programming experience
• Experience with Cube and/or TransCAD scripting

**Relocation assistance is not available for this position**