Summer Intern, Regional Planning

Description

• Create tools to visualize data on housing development near the PATH system and regionwide, demographic characteristics of communities near Port Authority facilities, and evolving use patterns on the regional transit network.
• Prepare a research brief on an emerging topic in trans-Hudson travel

Requirements

• In accordance with Port Authority policy, this position permits interns to work remotely a maximum of one day per week. In person collaboration is essential to how the Port Authority conducts business and regular in-office days or team collaboration days may be required depending on business needs. Some internships may require interns to be fully in-person.
• Major in Planning, Public Policy, Geography, Transportation Engineering, or a related discipline
• Ability to opt in to the New York State and Local Retirement System
• Familiarity with the New York/New Jersey metropolitan region
• Strong interest and curiosity about transportation and regional development
• Enrollment at a college or university at the time of the internship
• Graduate student preferred, but advanced undergraduate accepted
• Experience with ArcGIS software (or geospatial analysis using R or Python)

Benefits

• Social/Networking Events
• Facility Tours
• The hourly rate range is $18.07 to $30.31 (the exact rate will be determined by internship type and rising school year)
• Access to Employee Business Resource Groups
• This is a full-time internship (5 days per week at 7.25 hours per day)

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance