Each summer, MATC interns work with transportation professionals to provide themselves with experiences that will assist them when they enter the field of transportation research.

1. Omaha-Council Bluffs
Metropolitan Area Planning Agency
Transportation Intern
Marie Wagner

2. 2016 Crash Report
Analyzed and organized data for all the
crashes that occurred in 2016, in order
to understand what the most common
causes for crashes in the area are and
how to mitigate them.

3. Environmental
Impact
Bus Ridership
VMT and PMT
● Calculated distances traveled by bikers
during commutes from zip code to zip code
and estimated impact
● Mapped bus routes and distances in
comparison to commonly used roads
○ Calculated total vehicle miles traveled
for buses and cars along major
roadways
○ Calculated total people miles traveled
of cars and buses based on ridership
numbers

4. Meetings and
Ongoing Projects
● Metropolitan Travel Improvement
Study (MTIS)
● Long Range Transportation Plan
(LRTP)
● Transportation Improvement
Program (TIP)
● Heartland 2050

5. Heartland 2050/United Way Conference
Council of Officials

6. STRATCOM Tour