Named the best transport professions of the future

The transport sector is constantly evolving. The sectoral concept of staff training up to 2035 has already been approved, within which it is planned to launch at least 50 new training courses.

The processes of delivery of goods are robotized, unmanned control systems are introduced and the transition to environmentally friendly energy sources begins. All this must be maintained by qualified personnel and specialists. And if the technologies are new, then the professions must be innovative and multifunctional. What will the transport sector employee be doing in the near future? Here are four of the most interesting professions.

Architect of intelligent control systems

Unmanned vehicles are no longer the distant future, but the present. Recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the country’s leadership in the field of driverless vehicles, noting that this industry is at an advanced stage in the Russian Federation. According to him, Russian companies, including KAMAZ and Yandex, already have interesting and promising developments. Last year, the Ministry of Transport reported that they planned to spend 839 billion rubles on the development of driverless vehicles until 2030 (almost 100 billion rubles per year).

That is why specialists are needed who can develop and create software for unmanned vehicles and traffic management systems, but who can also control intelligent control systems. Also, transportation management systems will inevitably operate without human intervention in the near future. Developers of such systems are already in high demand.

Smart road builder

In Russia, the number of intelligent transport systems (ITS) is growing steadily. These are complexes consisting of modern information, communication and telematics technologies, and most importantly, management technologies. A simple example is GLONASS sensors that monitor urban transport. Another example of ITS is the barrier-free toll collection technology on the Central Ring Road.

ITS can optimize traffic flows and solve traffic congestion.

28% of motorists are stuck in traffic jams for more than a week each year, and another 25% of motorists are stuck in traffic jams for less than a week a year. Every fourth Russian motorist spends up to half an hour in traffic jams every day, and every fifth is stationary in daily traffic jams for up to an hour and a half.

The implementation of ITS takes place in two main phases: the construction of a digital infrastructure and the collection and processing of information about the traffic situation. First, high-precision cameras, radars and lidars are installed on the roads, then information is collected with these devices. This makes an overall picture of the traffic situation in the city visible and can be optimized.

Until recently, ITS was mainly implemented in the central part of Russia. But today this direction is spreading throughout Russia and it becomes possible to control traffic in real time, arrange “green waves” for traffic flows, which allows drivers to drive faster to the center to work or back home.

That is why there is a need for smart road builders and specialists who can maintain their infrastructure. Such specialists must constantly improve and learn their knowledge.

designer of high-speed trains

The specialist will deal with the design of tracks, stations and interchanges for high-speed trains, taking into account the characteristics of the territories and climatic conditions. This industry has already begun to develop in Russia.

The construction of a high-speed railway (HSR) in Russia is only part of the national project “Comprehensive plan for the modernization and expansion of the main infrastructure”. It is believed that the speed of trains on it will be about 400 km/h (for example, “Sapsan” speeds up to 180-200 km/h, and only in some sections – up to 250 km/h).

Ensuring road safety

An important role in the development of the entire transport system of the country has been assigned to ensuring safety and reducing the number of accidents on the road.

Modern technologies for monitoring traffic law compliance can help correct the situation. The cameras are already capable of detecting more than 50 traffic violations, including unfastened seat belts, failure to give way to pedestrians at crosswalks, crossing markers indicating a “safety island”, etc. several lanes run at once – three or four, and some complexes even scan up to 6 lanes.

For the correct operation of photo and video recording systems, of course, skilled specialists are needed.

Alexander Dombrovsky, Director of the Department of Traffic Safety and Analysis, MVS Group (operator of the Moscow region road safety monitoring system):

— Operators monitor 24/7 the uninterrupted and error-free operation of the photo-video recording system. This is a very important area – at present photo and video recording systems are one of the most effective tools for ensuring road safety. For example, since the introduction of the photo-video recording system on the roads of the Moscow region, there has been a steady decline in all major indicators of accidents. If we take the latest statistics, we will see that for 10 months of 2022 on the roads of the Moscow region, the number of road accidents has decreased by 13.5% compared to the same period in 2021, and the number of road deaths and injuries accidents – by 6% and 16% .

In short, the future is closer than we think. Unmanned vehicles are preparing to take to the road in full and smart intelligent systems are already helping to manage traffic flows. But for all this to go as smoothly as possible, qualified specialists are needed, people who monitor the stable operation of the entire transport system.