Transportation Planning Intern - Fall

Job Summary

2026 Transportation Planning Intern – Fall Semester (Start: September 9, 2026). Works 10–16 hours per week, Monday‑Friday (flexible).

Location:

Duluth, MN (may allow occasional hybrid work options).

• $12.00/hour (undergraduate); $15.00/hour (graduate)
• Earned Sick and Safe Time and MN Paid Family and Medical Leave

• Collect, enter, analyze, and/or maintain data used for roadway, safety, transit, and other current studies, demographic reports, and special projects.
• Participate in field observations and bicycle, pedestrian, and traffic counts.
• Conduct background research and prepare write‑ups for planning projects.
• Assist with public engagement activities, including developing handouts, surveys, posters, and other materials for public meetings; promoting events on Facebook and setting up pop‑up events.
• Assist with organizational communications, monitoring and sharing transportation‑related posts on Facebook, updating content on the dsmic.org website, and taking photos to illustrate multimodal transportation work.
• Participate in MIC team meetings and support MIC Policy Board and advisory committees as schedule permits, preparing meeting materials, drafting meeting summaries, and presenting information (optional).
• Assist with Long Range Metropolitan Transportation Plan implementation, bike and pedestrian planning, and various project‑specific tasks as assigned.
• Analyze spatial data using Esri GIS (optional).