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Summer College Intern - Transportation Analysis

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Orange County Transportation Authority

Mar 21

Applications are closed

  • Internship
    Full-time
    Summer Internship
  • Engineering
  • Orange

Requirements

  • Interest in:
  • Learning the principles and practices of transportation planning, travel demand modeling, and traffic engineering.
  • Learning the methods, materials, equipment, and techniques used in the transportation planning and traffic engineering field.
  • Ability to:
  • Perform entry-level professional work.
  • Acquire increasingly complex and technical knowledge and skills.
  • Assume progressively responsible duties
  • Qualifications:
  • Requirements to qualify for the Summer College Intern Program are as follows:
  • College students must be enrolled full-time in a two or four-year college program, at an accredited college or university, and follow a course of study leading to an undergraduate or graduate degree.
  • Students that graduate with their bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in the fall of 2023 or the spring of 2024, are eligible.
  • College students enrolled full-time and pursuing a master’s degree from an accredited college.
  • Desirable degree programs for this assignment are Transportation Engineering, Civil Engineering, Planning, Economics, or related discipline.
  • Special Qualifications:
  • College students pursuing a course of study leading to an undergraduate degree must maintain a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 or better.
  • College students pursuing a course of study leading to a graduate degree must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0.
  • Must submit most recent college transcript.

Responsibilities

  • Learn about and assist with the Agency’s regional travel demand model, the Orange County Transportation Analysis Model (OCTAM) for use in transportation system projects and studies.
  • Help assist with the development of highway networks, transit networks, and demographic databases used by OCTAM, including the Orange County Projections data series4.
  • Learn about operational models in support of freeways, arterials, and signal operation projects and studies.
  • Help prepare and make reports and presentations about the technical analysis related to regional travel demand and operational model results and analyses to project groups.
  • Learn about and assist with Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program.
  • Key assistance includes data input with GIS, review of traffic counts, lane geometry, and intersection level of service calculations.
  • Conduct basic technical analysis and research using mathematical, statistical, and related methods, including analyzing large datasets to produce meaningful insights.

Orange County Transportation Authority

We keep Orange County moving.

Transportation
Industry
1001-5000
Employees
1991
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is Orange County’s primary transportation agency. OCTA was formed in 1991 through the consolidation of seven separate transportation agencies. A 17-member Board of Directors governs OCTA with the Caltrans District Director serving as the 18th member in an ex-officio capacity. OCTA Services Include: • Bus transit service • Metrolink rail service • 91 Express Lanes toll facility • Freeway improvements funding • Street and road improvements grants • Vanpool subsidies • Rideshare options