About this role
Chicago Transit Authority is the second largest transit system in the country! Our college internship program offers summer and year-long internships that provide students with valuable work experience, professional development, and mentorship. Students receive exposure to the discipline of the workplace and are guided by subject matter experts who assist them in acquiring the skills, knowledge, and experience needed to perform in today’s technically demanding careers. Interns at CTA work in a range of departments across the authority.
Our internships are project-based; therefore, the skills that we seek vary based on the needs of the projects during each term. All majors are welcome to apply, but please see education experience/requirements for specifics about what disciplines each internship project is seeking.
Internships are part-time (15 hours a week) during the school year and full-time (40 hours a week) during the summer.
In this role within the Scheduling and Service Planning department’s Service Planning unit, interns will:
- Digitize and archive historical route history.
- Build a historical LOS and passenger load dataset.
- Analyze high-load trips to estimate the magnitude of various factors that contribute to crowding.
- Conduct focused case studies on high load routes/periods to provide actionable insights for planning.
- Develop a Power BI and GIS dahsboards with findings and historical information.
- Align analysis and dashboards with service planning standards amd processes.
Primary work location for this role: CTA Headquarters (567 W. Lake Street, Chicago Illinois 60661)
Educational Experience/Requirements:
- Preferred Major(s): Urban Planning, Architecture, Public Policy, Urban Design, Transportation Planning, Geography, Engineering, Economics, Data Analytics, Logistics or related field
- Preferred Level of Education: College graduate student
- Required enrollment status: Full-time (as defined by your academic institution) in a degree program at an accredited college or university
Physical Requirements:
- The demands associated with the normal office environment
- Must be able to comply with office policy to work on-site twice per week
- Light physical activity, including walking outdoors and climbing stairs
- Field work may be required, which may include riding the CTA system
- Walking and standing for a period of time during field observations and data collection
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Strong Microsoft Office and computer skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Good analytical and critical thinking skills.
- Proficient organizational skills with attention to detail.
- Good project management skills.
- Must have an understanding of transit planning fundamentals.
- Ability to extract information from available data and concisely summarize in presentable materials.
- Experience with Esri's ArcGIS suite.
- Experience with SQL.
- Knowledge in data programming languages preferred.
Other facts
About Chicago Transit Authority
Our mission is to deliver quality, affordable transit services that link people, jobs and communities.
Chicago Transit Authority employees keep nearly 1.7 million people in Chicago and 35 suburbs moving every weekday. The success of our transit system is a direct result of our skilled and dedicated workforce.
Our employees keep Chicago moving. So can you.
Join the CTA family by visiting our careers page at transitchicago.com/careers! For questions about our career opportunities or your application, email us at [email protected].
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What you'll do
- Interns will digitize and archive historical route history, build datasets, analyze high-load trips, and develop dashboards. They will also conduct case studies to provide actionable insights for planning.
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