Get Involved

Volunteer Data Analyst

Category: Research and Policy Analysis
Volunteer Data Analyst (Policy)

Overview
Turn raw transportation/economic data into advocacy‑ready insights for campaigns, media,
and testimony.

Key Responsibilities
- Clean/merge datasets; build repeatable analyses (ridership, access, impacts).
- Create charts/dashboards; document methods; support reports and testimony.
- QA numbers used in blogs, briefings, and media.

Qualifications
- Excel/Sheets required; R/Python/GIS a plus.
- Clear, accurate communicator with attention to detail.

Time Commitment
Project‑based, ~5–8 hours/week.

Benefits
- Co‑credit on analyses/reports and portfolio‑ready visuals.
- Professional references.

Should be a Rail Passengers member or prepared to join Rail Passengers to participate. To
apply, send a resume, clips/links and a cover letter by email to [email protected].

"The National Association of Railroad Passengers has done yeoman work over the years and in fact if it weren’t for NARP, I'd be surprised if Amtrak were still in possession of as a large a network as they have. So they've done good work, they're very good on the factual case."

Robert Gallamore, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University and former Federal Railroad Administration official, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University
November 17, 2005, on The Leonard Lopate Show (with guest host Chris Bannon), WNYC New York.