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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Student Intern, Chicago Department of Planning, Chicago

Title: Student Intern

Type: Temporary
Location: Chicago
Pay: S
tarting Salary: $16.20 per hour

The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) is responsible for more than 4,100 miles of streets, 413 bridges and viaducts, 368 miles of on-street bikeways, over 300,000 streetlights, 7,400 miles of sidewalks, and 3,000 signalized intersections citywide. Our mission is to keep the city’s surface transportation networks and public way safe and accessible for all users, in a state of good repair, and to be responsive to local and citywide mobility and infrastructure needs.

 

This position will be based out of CDOT's Commissioner’s Office and the Division of Planning and Policy (DPP); the Commissioner sets strategic direction for the Department and DPP is responsible for long range planning and policy development. You will work directly with the Commissioner and other senior staff to perform policy and program analysis, research emerging transportation issues, develop policy priorities, analyze and manage CDOT’s engagement program, and other tasks as directed.


https://chicago.taleo.net/careersection/103/jobdetail.ftl