Support travel demand model development: build, calibrate, validate, and analyze inputs and forecasts; analyze socioeconomic and survey data; evaluate project feasibility; and help prepare technical memos, reports, and presentations while gaining hands-on experience with industry modeling tools.
Description
This internship is designed for motivated college students pursuing a degree in civil engineering, transportation planning, urban planning, geography, data science, or a related field. You will directly contribute to meaningful projects that shape regional transportation infrastructure and see how your technical skills translate into real-world impact. You will also gain hands-on experience with industry-standard travel demand modeling platforms.
What you will do:
- Construct, calibrate, analyze, test, and document inputs for travel demand models.
- Analyze socioeconomic data, household travel surveys, and origin-destination data under supervision.
- Assist with model validation against existing conditions to ensure accuracy and reliability.
- Apply models to forecast future transportation network performance under different growth scenarios, policy changes, and major infrastructure projects (highways, transit, etc.).
- Help evaluate the feasibility and economic viability of proposed transportation improvements.
- Support the preparation of technical memos, reports, and presentations for internal teams, clients, and public stakeholders.
Job Requirements
- Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better.
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
- Strong attention to detail with excellent analytical and judgment capabilities.
- Ability to effectively work independently and in a team environment; and,
- Exposure to travel demand modeling concepts and terminology.
- Exposure to construction and manipulation of layers in a GIS environment.
- Exposure to computer programming with Python, R, or similar.
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