Job Description
Position Description Join us in shaping Seattle’s streets! At the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), we don’t just move people, we connect communities, build safer streets, and create a more sustainable city. With a bold vision for the future, we’re tackling big challenges: making travel safer, cutting carbon emissions, and ensuring reliable, affordable transportation for everyone—no matter who they are or where they live. Seattle is growing fast, and we’re growing with it. Thanks to a historic voter-approved $1.55 billion investment in transportation in 2024, we’re building sidewalks, fixing bridges, and improving transit connections to keep our city moving. We’re a team of problem solvers, planners, engineers, communicators, and field crews bringing purpose-driven work to life. Now, we need passionate, innovative talent like you. Let’s build a Seattle that works for everyone together! Position Overview: SDOT’s Transit and Mobility Programs intern posting brings together three teams whose work is centered on expanding access to transportation options and ensuring Seattle’s public right-of-way is safe, inclusive, and accessible to all residents. One role focuses on shared micromobility—helping manage bike, scooter, and car share programs that reduce emissions and expand low-carbon travel options. Two roles focus on ADA accessibility—one supporting the City’s ADA Transition Plan through community outreach and GIS-based analysis, and the other providing hands-on support for ADA project design, construction, and inspections in the field. All three roles combine technical work with a commitment to transportation equity and access for all Seattle residents. By applying to this job posting, you are applying for these opportunities: Opportunity 1: Shared Mobility Program Intern (Undergraduate or Graduate) SDOT’s Shared Mobility Team oversees bike share, scooter share, and car share programs with a focus on advancing transportation electrification, reducing emissions, and expanding equitable access to low-carbon travel options. Interns will play a hands-on role in day-to-day shared micromobility operations—conducting field audits, developing geofences in ArcGIS, scoping parking corrals, and supporting community outreach—while also contributing to program research, policy work, and data analysis. This role is a strong fit for students with an interest in emerging mobility, transportation equity, or urban sustainability. Key Responsibilities: Develop geofences in ArcGIS, perform field audits to gather data on bike and scooter devices, and scope and develop work orders for shared micromobility parking corrals. Support program research, policy development, website editing, and data analysis for the Shared Mobility Team. Represent SDOT at community outreach events to educate the public about shared micromobility programs and services. Contribute to program management and reporting supporting the team’s transportation electrification and equity goals. Opportunity 2: ADA Customer Service & Accessibility Intern (Undergraduate or Graduate) SDOT’s ADA Program leads and supports efforts in policy, planning, design, engineering, construction, and inspections related to ADA accessibility within Seattle’s public right-of-way and SDOT-owned facilities. This intern will primarily support the ADA Transition Plan Update—conducting outreach and engagement, developing and distributing surveys, synthesizing community input, and utilizing ArcGIS to connect survey findings with capital improvement planning. The intern will also support ADA project coordination and delivery, ensuring accessibility elements are scoped to federal, state, and city standards. This role is ideal for students with an interest in accessible design, disability policy, or community engagement. Key Responsibilities: Support ADA Transition Plan outreach including survey and focus group development, distribution, analysis of findings, and creation of accessible community materials and graphics. Coordinate ADA Customer Service Request (CSR) projects and Transition Plan work with the ADA Program team, including weekly meetings, action item follow-up, and work plan development. Support SDOT’s Pedestrian Access Advisory Committee (PAAC) and other public meetings—researching background materials, coordinating logistics, taking notes, and ensuring an accessible meeting environment. Utilize ArcGIS spatial analysis to connect community survey responses with capital improvement requests and support the development of new accessibility projects. Opportunity 3: ADA Project Delivery Intern (Undergraduate) SDOT’s ADA Program is seeking an undergraduate intern to pro