Position Summary: The MassDOT Chief Safety Officer addresses the overall safety issues relating to transportation. The office is responsible for ensuring a safe and healthy environment for all employees, passengers, and the public, in all modes of transportation, including rail, bus, commuter rail, paratransit, and highway. Coordination with other state agencies, elected officials, non-profits, and municipalities is an essential part of the work done here. The goal of the Safety Team is to identify hazards and implement risk reduction strategies. …
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Position Summary: The MassDOT Chief Safety Officer addresses the overall safety issues relating to transportation. The office is responsible for ensuring a safe and healthy environment for all employees, passengers, and the public, in all modes of transportation, including rail, bus, commuter rail, paratransit, and highway. Coordination with other state agencies, elected officials, non-profits, and municipalities is an essential part of the work done here. The goal of the Safety Team is to identify hazards and implement risk reduction strategies. …
Duties and Responsibilities: Research ongoing projects and initiatives. Assist and support the Highway Chief Administrator Officer and Deputy Chief Administrative Officer on assigned projects. Attend project meetings and record meeting summaries. Assist with the tracking and inspection of deliverables. Confer with staff in order to exchange information, coordinate efforts, and obtain information concerning projects and activities. Conduct project and policy research and field investigations. Develop findings and reports related to specific activities and issues. Other miscellaneous tasks as assigned by …
Position Summary: The Legislative Affairs co-op will report directly to the Chief of Intergovernmental Affairs, and work as part of the Legislative Affairs Team to support their ongoing projects. This can include preparation for public meetings, communicating about projects such as the Sumner Tunnel Closure, Cape Cod Bridge Replacement and Allston I90 project to name a few and providing administrative support to the team. Other aspects of the co-op may include responding to public inquiries and conferring with staff, in …
Duties and Responsibilities: Research ongoing projects and initiatives. Assist and support the Highway Chief Administrator Officer and Deputy Chief Administrative Officer on assigned projects. Attend project meetings and record meeting summaries. Assist with the tracking and inspection of deliverables. Confer with staff in order to exchange information, coordinate efforts, and obtain information concerning projects and activities. Conduct project and policy research and field investigations. Develop findings and reports related to specific activities and issues. Other miscellaneous tasks as assigned by …
Position Summary: Reporting to the Director of Data and Policy, the Co-Op will be responsible for supporting a wide variety of projects related to transportation equity and the maintenance of transportation datasets and analytic methods. These projects will include regular maintenance of the MassDOT Mobility Dashboard, a public-facing resource that reports on transportation trends and travel behaviors; the development of the MassDOT Data Catalog to help internal and external stakeholders locate and access transportation datasets; and exploring methodologies and strategies …
Position Summary: The Co-Op will work under the supervision of a member of the transit planning team and may work on the below projects: The development of a visual database of transit service across the Commonwealth, inclusive of both public and private transit services. This project will involve identifying and collating the coverage areas, routing, scheduling, and capacity of public and private buses, shuttles, and pooling services to identify gaps, overlapping service coverage, and opportunities for improved connections. The Co-Op …
About the Multimodal Planning Team: The Multimodal Planning Group develops and updates a variety of statewide transportation plans covering the movements and mobility needs of both people and goods. The group examines opportunities and challenges to improving pedestrian, bicycle, rail, highway, and other transportation facilities by managing and/or participating in transportation planning studies, conducted either internally or by other entities such as consultant firms, regional planning agencies, and other divisions of MassDOT. Often, these studies are part of the standard …
Position Summary: The Community Grants Group, situated in MassDOT’s Highway Division, operates seven distinct municipal funding programs: Chapter 90 Program Complete Streets Funding Program Local Bottleneck Reduction Program Municipal Pavement Program Municipal Small Bridge Program Shared Streets and Spaces Program Winter Recovery Assistance Program Each of these programs provide communities with funding for various transportation related improvements such as sidewalks, bridges, or traffic lights. Funding is provided differently for the various programs; some programs are formula-based while others involve a …