Summer Intern, Ground Transportation

Port Authority of NY & NJ • New York, NY

11d • $18 - $30 • Hybrid

About The Position

About the Internship The Aviation Ground Transportation team oversees policies, programs, and commercial strategies for taxis, for-hire vehicles (FHVs), transportation network companies (TNCs), and other access modes serving JFK, LGA, and EWR. The team plays a key role in revenue planning, stakeholder engagement, permit management, and analysis that informs transportation decision-making across the Port Authority’s airport system.

Requirements

• Enrollment at a college or university at the time of the internship

Nice To Haves

• Strong interest in airport commercial management, ground transportation and parking, and business process improvement
• Capable of managing projects efficiently, meeting deadlines, and reporting progress in a timely manner
• Excellent business writing and presentation skills
• Ability to build relationships with diverse sets of internal and external stakeholders (e.g., Port Authority staff and tenants)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365 (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Familiarity with financial terminology and basic accounting principle

Responsibilities

• Support ongoing and emerging initiatives related to taxi and FHV operations, including:
• Assisting with improving the collection, organization, and overall scope of data maintained for ground transportation permittees - including Uber, Lyft, Carmel, Dial7, and several third-party shuttle bus operators – to provide continued analysis of transactions and revenue reporting.
• Assisting with research and benchmarking taxi, FHV, and TNC policies across peer airports.
• Supporting analysis of ground transportation activity trends, including trip volumes, curbside utilization, and access fee impacts.
• Assisting with optimizing the Virtual Taxi Dispatch mobile application at JFK, as well as assisting with project planning for deployment of the app at EWR and LGA. This application enables taxi drivers to join the airports’ taxi dispatch queues from their mobile phones
• Assisting the Ground Transportation Senior Airport Permit Coordinator with collection of For-Hire-Vehicle documentation and administration of applicable commercial permits.
• Performing varied assignments to further support ground transportation initiatives, including research on best practices used in the management of for-hire vehicles at airports domestically and internationally

Benefits

• Ability to opt in to the New York State and Local Retirement System
• Access to Employee Business Resource Groups
• Facility Tours
• Career Panels
• Social/Networking Events

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees