Prepare reports or recommendations on transportation planning.

“Prepare reports or recommendations on transportation planning.” is a core task performed by Transportation Planners. Among the occupation's 22 rated tasks, workers place it 20th by importance (#3 most important). About 100% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Present research or technical information. in Documenting/Recording Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T3.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.006% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 62% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: task iteration
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.4 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 94% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

Other tasks in this occupation

• Define regional or local transportation planning problems or priorities. · importance 4.3
• Participate in public meetings or hearings to explain planning proposals, to gather feedback from those affected by projects, or to achieve consensus on project designs. · importance 4.3
• Collaborate with engineers to research, analyze, or resolve complex transportation design issues. · importance 4.2
• Recommend transportation system improvements or projects, based on economic, population, land-use, or traffic projections. · importance 4.2
• Develop computer models to address transportation planning issues. · importance 4.1
• Analyze information related to transportation, such as land use policies, environmental impact of projects, or long-range planning needs. · importance 4.1
• Design transportation surveys to identify areas of public concern. · importance 4.0
• Interpret data from traffic modeling software, geographic information systems, or associated databases. · importance 4.0
• Collaborate with other professionals to develop sustainable transportation strategies at the local, regional, or national level. · importance 4.0
• Evaluate transportation project needs or costs. · importance 4.0
• Analyze information from traffic counting programs. · importance 3.9
• Review development plans for transportation system effects, infrastructure requirements, or compliance with applicable transportation regulations. · importance 3.8
• Prepare necessary documents to obtain planned project approvals or permits. · importance 3.8
• Produce environmental documents, such as environmental assessments or environmental impact statements. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Transportation Planners page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-16943,
  title  = {Prepare reports or recommendations on transportation planning.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-16943}
}