Job Alert: Deputy Director (Taxi Improvment Fund) – NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission @ New York, NY

May 4, 2015 at 8:17 pm

The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission’s Division of Financial Management and Administration is seeking a Deputy Director to manage the implementation and execution of its newly created Taxi Improvement Fund (TIF).  The Taxi Improvement Fund was created to help medallion owners and drivers make certain improvements to better serve their passengers, including conversion to wheelchair-accessible vehicles.  This is one of the premier programs at the TLC, focusing on the City’s commitment to accessibility. Under the leadership of the Director of Special Projects, this position will manage all components of the fund. This position will interface across all internal divisions, including Policy, Licensing, Legal, Fiscal/Accounting and Management Information Systems (MIS), as well as with partner agencies TLC licensees and vendors. A successful candidate has a strategic lens and an ability to anticipate oncoming operational challenges.

Non-City Employees Applicants must apply via www.nyc.gov/careers and search the Job Opening Number. Please search Job ID # 191243

Job (s) Alert: (1). Program Manager & (2). Fellow – National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) @ New York City, NY

November 19, 2014 at 12:20 pm

Program Manager for a new Global Designing Cities program

The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) is seeking a Program Manager for a new Global Designing Cities program, a multi-year initiative that will develop a global street design guide and provide technical assistance on street and public space design to cities around the world. Applicants should demonstrate past experience and leadership in the fields of city planning, design, and public policy, with background knowledge in transportation, land use, urban development, and other city issues in an international context. For this position, NACTO is looking for a strong communicator with a keen eye for understanding the design of city streets as part of an overall campaign to improve cities and traffic safety in general.

The Global Designing Cities Program Manager will be assisting with the development of street design content that connects best practices from global cities with the international realm over the next several years, as well as conducting trainings and outreach with partner organizations. The position works closely with NACTO’s Executive Director and Global Streets Design Director as well as steering committees to ensure the effective implementation and dissemination of the initiative’s core goals. The Program Manager must be highly self-directed, and willing to accommodate a schedule with occasional travel to national conferences, trainings, and other meetings. The ideal candidate will have
experience and standing in city street design at a national or international level.

Core activities for the Program Manager include:

  • Original content production for street design targeting the international market, with significant writing and graphic production.
  • Contributing original ideas for graphic styles of streetscape renderings, imagery, presentations, and layout that communicate content most effectively.
  • Work closely in a team environment on the development and dissemination of Global Street Design principles that provide the key principles of world-class street design, while also providing a platform and the means to translate these principles to the local conditions of select focus cities and countries.
  • Assistance with coordination of oversight committees and peer-to-peer activities during development of content and dissemination, working closely with partners.
  • Support in training and outreach in select focus international cities in partnership with local organizations and governments.
  • Assistance with project management, including support for fundraising and grant management, program budgets, and working with grant-making partners.
  • Fostering relationships with partners, city staff in target communities, leadership, and partners.

Minimum Qualifications: Graduate Degree in Urban Planning, Transportation Engineering, Urban Design, Public Policy or a related field and 3 years of experience, or a Bachelor’s Degree and an equivalent amount of experience; strong writing skills, graphic production skills in Adobe Creative Suite, proficiency in GIS.

Additional Desired Qualifications: Experience working with national, state or city standards in street design; experience working on the built environment in an international policy context; proficiency in 3-D modeling software such as SketchUp.

Salary Range: $65,000 – $80,000

Email a cover letter, resume and work samples to the Global Street Design Director at hr@nacto.org. Deadline for applications: December 1, 2014

The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit association that represents large cities on transportation issues of local, regional and national significance. NACTO views the transportation departments of major cities as effective and necessary partners in regional and national transportation efforts, promoting their interests in federal decision-making. We facilitate the exchange of transportation ideas, insights and best practices among large cities, while fostering a cooperative approach to key issues facing cities and metropolitan areas. As a coalition of city transportation departments, NACTO is committed to raising the state of the practice for street design
and transportation by building a common vision, sharing data, peer-to-peer exchange in workshops and conferences, and regular communication among member cities. We believe that by working together, cities can save time and money, while more effectively achieving their policy goals and objectives.


Fellow

  • Start Date: As soon as possible
  • Duration: 6-month Fellowship
  • Salary: $2,500/month

The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), a non-profit association which represents large cities on transportation issues of local and national importance, seeks a recent graduate or current graduate student in the field of urban planning, sustainable transportation, architecture, urban design, or public policy for a six-month paid fellowship. The fellow will work on geographic and statistical projects related to urban street design and bike share in a national and international context.

Responsibilities will include:

  • Conduct statistical and geospatial analysis to assist with the creation of NACTO’s Bike Share best practices guide, Transit Streets Design Guide and Global Streets Design Guide.
  • Collect and write up case studies on sustainable transportation topics.
  • Data collection and research on transportation issues, including direct outreach to cities.
  • Production of visually clear, concise graphics to communicate information.

The desired candidate is self-motivated with experience finding and analyzing data sets, creating data
maps and charts, and conducting research around issues of sustainable transportation and major trends in
urban planning, design, and policy.

Qualifications:

  • Graduate Degree (preferred) or Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning, Urban Studies, Public Policy, Urban Design, Transportation Systems, or Architecture with a demonstrated interest in sustainable transportation.
  • Relevant internship, graduate-level research, or work experience in sustainable transportation, urban development, and related fields.

Competencies Desired

  • Mapping: ArcGIS or open-source GIS applications
  • Graphics: Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator), SketchUp
  • Data Analysis: Access, Stata, SPSS, or similar
  • Experience with data visualization tools and 3D modeling, some knowledge of programming languages used in interactive graphics or web development a plus

Cover Letters and Resumes should be sent to hr@nacto.org by November 26th, 2014.

Job Alert: Principal Transportation Planner (Ops. Planning Division) – MTA @ New York City

April 15, 2014 at 5:54 pm

MTA-NYCT is hiring a Principal Transportation Planner in the Operations Planning Division. Applications are due by May 5, 2014.

The position will be responsible for helping to plan long-term changes to the NYC bus route network.  The incumbent will develop and maintain a database of service and ridership information for planning purposes, prepare reports recommending new or restructured bus routes and services, including ridership projections, customer and operations impacts, and operating costs.  The position may also assist in the analysis and management of various long-range planning studies, such as Alternatives Analyses and Environmental Impact Statements and coordination with other NYCT departments, other MTA agencies, and external contacts.  The successful candidate is expected to do field work throughout New York City and to represent NYC Transit at public meeting, sometimes not during normal business hours.  A NYS driver’s license is required for this position.

Education & Experience:

Bachelors degree in Engineering, Urban Studies, Geography, Transportation Science, Urban Planning, Economics, Business, Public Administration, Political Science or related field and five years of full time paid experience in transportation operations planning, schedule or operations.

Desired Skills:

Excellent writing, communication and graphics presentation skills, proficiency in technical writing and data analysis are required.  Knowledge of the New York City Transit system and New York City are highly desirable.  Previous experience in transportation planning for a large, multimodal transit agency is highly desirable.  Knowledge of transportation planning software such as TransCad, ArcView, MapInfo and Auto-Turn.

Apply here or search listings at http://web.mta.info/mta/employment/employment_out.html

via YPTransportation

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Job Alert: Junior Project Manager – IBI Group @ New York, NY

December 20, 2013 at 5:00 pm

via Young Professionals in Transportation

At IBI Group, our transport professionals thrive on solving problems by combining logic and creativity. They are able to invent, explore, and question to enhance the areas around us. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work on unique and leading-edge projects with a local focus to make a global difference.

IBI Group’s New York office is searching for Junior Project Manager to join its growing team. This is a unique 12 to 24 month contract secondment position to work with our client to provide technical support on an as-needed basis to the Program Manager in charge of a $3 billion systems capital program.

The role will require the successful candidate to relocate to the New York City area for the duration of the project.

Connect with Phillip Farinha (phillip.farinha@ibigroup.com) to learn more about this opportunity or refer a professional colleague.

Happy New Year! This is what a NYC Subway rider had to deal with day after the New Years

January 1, 2013 at 7:48 pm

Source: Imgur via Reddit

Trying to take the subway the day after New Years.Image Courtesy: Imgur via Reddit

 

A Gargantuan Gaseous Problem – Visualizing Emissions in New York City

November 20, 2012 at 6:06 pm

Via Atlantic Cities

How do you tell the story about big agenda issues like environmental impact and emissions in a city like New York? One way to do this is by taking all the relevant data you can get and stitching it together in a graphic format that visually demonstrates the scope of the problem.  Let’ s see how its done.  Let’s start with the problem.

Carbon Visuals and the Environmental Defense Fund created an animation showing giant blue balls standing in for New York’s greenhouse-gas emissions in 2010 (the last year data were available). Each sphere represents one ton of carbon-dioxide vapor. Added up, they represent 54 million metric tons of climate-toasting chemicals, which is the amount of emissions that NYC recorded in 2010.  It is quite arresting when you visually see a huge mountain (Everest-sized) of blue balls blanketing your entire city.  Check it out.

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This is Why Post-Sandy New York City Should Seriously Consider Bus Rapid Transit (and all things Transit)

October 31, 2012 at 5:33 pm

Saw this picture below tweeted out by joanna coles @JoannaColes Editor-in-Chief Cosmopolitan Magazine. She shot this gridlocked thoroughfare from her office (located on the 38th floor of the building where Cosmopolitan mag. is located).  With its subway system crippled by Sandy, this pic. shows how badly NYC needs to reconsider its transportation strategies and prioritize implementing any/all strategies that moves people away from cars.  It is going to be once heck of a recovery until the subway limps back to normal!   

View of a Gridlocked New York City

 

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MIT Study On Disease Contagion Identifies & Ranks Airports In Terms of Their Ability To Spread Pandemic Diseases

July 25, 2012 at 2:55 pm

(via MIT News)

Airports in New York, Los Angeles and Honolulu are judged likeliest to play a significant role in the growth of a pandemic.

Apart from the aesthetic beauty this dynamic data visualization, the video also offers a lot to think about if you are a person tasked with natioanl security should a contagious disease be detected…  Also, it helped me understand how pandemics can easily spread between far flung places via air travelers. Pretty interesting yet quite scary stuff..  That said, it makes me wonder how ready is our aviation infrastructure to handle a healthcare crisis like the one triggered by SARS or h1n1 virus a few years a back..

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Click here to read the analysis published on MIT News

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Rock the Rails – How children of New York’s 1% (a.k.a filthy rich) Ride Public Transport

July 20, 2012 at 6:11 pm

(Source: via Business Insider)

So, this is how the kids of 1% (a.k.a the rich people) like to ride transit in New York.. A group of 20 somethings on their way from Hamptons  decided to have fun on the train and did so with a frat-style, beer drenched, slip and slide party on the floor of a Long Island Railroad train.. No wonder these days kids do not want to have driving licenses!  Hey, be glad they did not party this hard behind the wheels of a car.. Hope this gives them an opportunity to realize how much fun it is to ride transit..

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Impromptu Musical Immersion During Your Commute? Better Move to New York City. A Not So Dull Moment on the Ever Entertaining NYC Subway

January 5, 2012 at 5:15 pm

(Source: YouTube)

Oh , how I wish our boring commutes are as fun as this one. New Yorkers are a bunch of lucky ba**ards! What a marked and striking contrast from the violent London transportation system. A little investigation by enthusiastic Redditors revealed that the singer is Jessica Latshaw. Here is Jessica blogging about her Subway jammin’ experience on her blog.

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