Jr. Transportation - Transportation Planner

[Note: We encourage 2025 graduates to apply. This position can report to any of our offices: Washington, DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, and Atlanta.] 

Join a leading transportation and transit planning company and advance your career! Foursquare Integrated Transportation Planning, Inc. (Foursquare ITP) is looking for qualified, motivated, passionate, and diverse candidates for transportation planner positions from Junior Transportation Planner to Transportation Planner IV/Task Lead. This position provides the opportunity to contribute to a wide variety of transportation planning projects across the United States and learn from some of the best and brightest in the industry. 

Foursquare ITP’s transportation planning work is focused in the following areas: 

• Transit service planning, 

• Transit operations and facilities planning, 

• Microtransit and new mobility, 

• Regional and statewide planning, 

• BRT, bus priority, and corridor planning, 

• Transportation demand management, 

• Micromobility and active transportation, and 

• Strategic and financial planning. 

This work is supported by four cross-cutting teams focused on: Data Science, Design and Visualization, Public and Stakeholder Engagement, and GIS. 

Foursquare ITP’s work is centered on our four core values, and we are looking for someone who lives these every day:  

Passion for the Profession: Our success is rooted in our belief in and passion for our work, meeting all challenges with the appropriate set of skills, knowledge, and the desire to do our best. 

Dedication to our Clients: We approach our clients with integrity, open communication, and collaboration to ensure that their needs are being met. Each client receives the personal attention, respect, and high-quality work for which we are known. 

Investment in Each Other: We respect all team members professionally and personally. We focus on continuous professional growth and improvement and promote a healthy balance between work and outside endeavors. 

Positive Outlook: Our team is driven by a can-do spirit and a strong work ethic, applying our adaptability and resourcefulness to every task. We truly enjoy our work and bring a positive attitude that is evident in everything we do. 
 

Role 

The selected candidate will work as part of a team and will be responsible for transportation planning work such as data analysis and reporting; mapping, graphics, and visualization; use of technical tools; innovative research; and meeting participation on a wide variety of transportation projects. You will be involved in projects based on experience, interest, and skills, such as transit development plans; transit service and operations planning; regional transportation plans; bus rapid transit and priority corridor plans; active transportation; transportation strategic planning and performance monitoring; transportation demand management planning; and microtransit and micromobility planning.  

Responsibilities will include: 

• Participating in teams focused on a variety of project types with multiple project managers.  

• Developing and applying a variety of methods for analysis. 

• Conducting Geographic Information System (GIS) based analysis and developing legible maps for conveying complex information. 

• Conducting primary and secondary research on a variety of topics.  

• Writing to convey technical elements in reports.  

• Visualizing and communicating complex information. 

• Contributing to team discussions.  

• Participating in public and stakeholder outreach.  
   

Required Skills and Experience 

In addition to having the appropriate training and skills, you must be a smart, motivated, self-starter who is passionate about transit and transportation planning and has excellent written and oral communication skills.  

Requirements vary by level within the Junior Transportation Planner and Transportation Planner positions. They range from a bachelor’s degree with no full-time work experience to a master’s degree with several years of relevant work experience. Additionally, the selected candidate must have:   

• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.  

• Proven writing, research, and analysis capabilities.   

• Experience with ArcGIS.  

Other desired, but not required, skills include:  

• Experience with graphic design programs such as InDesign, Illustrator, SketchUp, Rhino.  

• Coding in R, Python, or SQL. 

• Tableau or Power BI.  

Foursquare ITP has a strong reputation in the transportation industry and provides our team members with the opportunity to work on a wide variety of high-visibility, high-impact projects. Our company conducts a broad range of transportation planning studies, with specific expertise in transit service and operations planning, corridor studies, multimodal access planning, transportation demand management, strategic planning and performance measurement, and bike share planning. Foursquare ITP is a woman-owned business headquartered in downtown Washington, DC. We have more than 65 employees across the organization. We have more than 65 employees across our offices in DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and in other locations.  

The selected candidates for these positions must be located within commuting distance of our DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston, or Atlanta offices. 
 

Compensation  

Benefits 

In addition to a competitive salary based on experience and qualifications we provide an extensive benefits package that includes: 

• Performance-based bonus plan. 

• Liberal work from home policy.  

• Health Insurance: Foursquare ITP pays 100% of the employee’s health insurance premium and subsidizes coverage for dependents.  

• Company-funded Health Reimbursement Account or Health Savings Account.  

• Eleven flexible paid holidays. 

• Generous vacation leave. 

• 401(k) with company match.  

• Robust internal technical training program, along with peer-led trainings and knowledge sharing. 

• Management and leadership training programs. 

• Professional development opportunities and conference attendance.  

• Paid membership to an industry organization.  

• Subsidized transit benefit.  

• Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance.   

• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account option.  

• Complimentary personal financial planning through our benefits administrator.  

• Paid cell phone plan.   

• Semi-annual retreats with fun activities.  

• Holiday/New Year party for all employees and their significant others.  

• Summer picnic for all employees and their families.  

Foursquare ITP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment.